ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1820

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A GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD AND EBONY STRUNG OCCASIONAL TABLE
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1820
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) wide; 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

A very similar 'rosewood octagon flower stand' is shown in the firm's Estimate Sketch Books, folio. 3037, dated February 29, 1820. See also S. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, London, 2008, vol. II, p.97 for comparable tables.

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