ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1830

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A GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD THREE-TIER WHATNOT
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1830
The hinged and rachteted upper tier with a book rest above turned tapering supports and the bottom tier with a mahogany-lined drawer on boldly reeded turned feet with inset brass castors
41½ in. (106 cm.) high; 20¼ in. (52 cm.) wide; 17¾ in. (45 cm. deep)

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Lot Essay

A related whatnot or music stand by Gillows, made to a design illustrated in the Estimate Sketch Book for 1849, is illustrated in Susan Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Woodbridge, 2008, vol.II, p.110, pl.658. Stuart notes a very similar, though larger, piece was described as a 'bookstand' in 1834.

A similar whatnot was sold anonymously Sotheby's, New York, 16 October 1993, lot 153 ($6,900 including premium).

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