Lot Essay
In 1870 Gillows introduced a four-digit stamp on much of their furniture, prefixed by the letter 'L'. See Susan Stuart, 'Gillow Marks...1770-1960', Regional Furniture, 1998.
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BY GILLOWS, CIRCA 1880
Details
A VICTORIAN AMBOYNA PEDESTAL DESK
BY GILLOWS, CIRCA 1880
The tooled leather inset top with brass bead-and-reel moulded edge and gilt brass gallery above eleven drawers flanked by ebonised uprights incised with scrolls above a velvet covered footrest, on hidden castors, finished to the reverse, the central drawer with partially erased GILLOWS stamp and partially erased four-digit stamp 'L....'
30½ in (77.5 cm.) high; 49 in. (124.5 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep
BY GILLOWS, CIRCA 1880
The tooled leather inset top with brass bead-and-reel moulded edge and gilt brass gallery above eleven drawers flanked by ebonised uprights incised with scrolls above a velvet covered footrest, on hidden castors, finished to the reverse, the central drawer with partially erased GILLOWS stamp and partially erased four-digit stamp 'L....'
30½ in (77.5 cm.) high; 49 in. (124.5 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep
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