A GEORGE III BURR-YEWWOOD CYLINDER-BUREAU BOOKCASE

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1790

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A GEORGE III BURR-YEWWOOD CYLINDER-BUREAU BOOKCASE
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1790
The arcaded moulded cornice and pierced fret-carved swan-neck pediment above two gothic arch astragal glazed doors enclosing an arrangement of three adjustable shelves above a frieze drawer, the cylinder bureau crossbanded in tulipwood and enclosing a hinged ratcheted writing-surface, four pigeon holes and six drawers, the pen trays with some restorations, on square tapering legs and spade feet, the interior of the frieze drawer bearing an exhibition label 'Exhibited at/Luton/Museum/Bedfordshire/35/in the days/of Queen/Charlotte/Exhibition/1939'
94½ in. (240 cm.) high; 37¼ in. (94.5 cm.) wide; 20½ in. (51.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

The Earls of Derby, Knowsley Park, Liverpool.
Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Lady of Title'), Christie's London, 26 May 1937, lot 130.
Acquired by Sir Sydney Barratt from Phillips of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, for Summerhill, Staffordshire and later installed in the Drawing Room, Crowe Hall, Bath, 1961 and by descent.

Literature

R. Fastnedge, Sheraton Furniture, London, 1961, fig. 74.

Exhibited

Bedford, The Days of Queen Charlotte, The Luton Museum, 1939, no. 35.

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Lot Essay

The interior of this cylinder bureau bookcase with its ratcheted writing slope and arrangement of pen-trays and pigeon holes relates to a design by Thomas Sheraton in his Cabinet-Maker's and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, 1791-94, plate 2.
The foliate cast handle with central patera is a known Gillow's model, illustrated in S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840, Appendix D, p. 335, plate b.

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