Lot Essay
An almost identical design with a simpler turned tapering leg is shown in the firm's Estimate Sketch Books folio 5114. The craftsman in this instance was also John Becket.
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BY GILLOWS, CIRCA 1836, THE CRAFTSMAN JOHN BECKET
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A WILLIAM IV GONCALO ALVES METAMORPHIC WORK TABLE
BY GILLOWS, CIRCA 1836, THE CRAFTSMAN JOHN BECKET
The hinged, ratcheted and sliding top with tooled leather writing surface, above an arrangement of seven drawers, two of which are fitted, flanked by two sliding drop-leaves, on reeded tapering legs, the castors stamped COPE'S PATENT, inscribed in pencil J. Becket
30 ¼ in. (77 cm.) high; 46 ½ in. (117 cm.) wide, open; 19 in. (48 cm.) deep
BY GILLOWS, CIRCA 1836, THE CRAFTSMAN JOHN BECKET
The hinged, ratcheted and sliding top with tooled leather writing surface, above an arrangement of seven drawers, two of which are fitted, flanked by two sliding drop-leaves, on reeded tapering legs, the castors stamped COPE'S PATENT, inscribed in pencil J. Becket
30 ¼ in. (77 cm.) high; 46 ½ in. (117 cm.) wide, open; 19 in. (48 cm.) deep
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