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Lot Essay
The table of black-figured rosewood is inset with brass inlay of the type popularised by the émigré craftsman Louis le Gaigneur (fl. 1814 - 21) who termed himself a 'French Buhl Manufacturer', the firm of Town and Emmanuel of 103 Bond St, 'Manufacturers of Buhl Marqueterie' and Thomas Parker of Air St., Piccadilly, who in 1813 supplied a pair of Boulle marquetry coffers-on-stands to the Prince Regent which remain in the British Royal Collection.
The table is likely to have been made by Gillows of London and Lancaster, who almost certainly supplied a closely related table to John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow (d. 1853) for Belton House, Grantham, Lincolnshire (sold Christie's house sale, 30 April - 2 May 1984, lot 90, £11,800 including premium). A similar table is illustrated in a drawing room design for G Bamford, circa 1820 - 30 in S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London, Woodbridge, 2008, vol. II, p. 349, pl. E5, and a commode, profusely inlaid with cut brass and attributed to Gillow & Co., is illustated op. cit., vol. II, p. 17, pl. 544.
A related table though lacking the brass inlay and attributed to the Dublin cabinet-makers Williams and Gibton was sold Christie's London, 'Aynhoe Park - A Modern Grand Tour', 9 October 2012, lot 274 (£17,500 including premium).
Another was sold Sotheby's New York, 30 April-1 May 2003, lot 73 ($22,800 including premium).
The table is likely to have been made by Gillows of London and Lancaster, who almost certainly supplied a closely related table to John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow (d. 1853) for Belton House, Grantham, Lincolnshire (sold Christie's house sale, 30 April - 2 May 1984, lot 90, £11,800 including premium). A similar table is illustrated in a drawing room design for G Bamford, circa 1820 - 30 in S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London, Woodbridge, 2008, vol. II, p. 349, pl. E5, and a commode, profusely inlaid with cut brass and attributed to Gillow & Co., is illustated op. cit., vol. II, p. 17, pl. 544.
A related table though lacking the brass inlay and attributed to the Dublin cabinet-makers Williams and Gibton was sold Christie's London, 'Aynhoe Park - A Modern Grand Tour', 9 October 2012, lot 274 (£17,500 including premium).
Another was sold Sotheby's New York, 30 April-1 May 2003, lot 73 ($22,800 including premium).