ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1810

Details

A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY BEDSTEPS
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1810
Each with three green leather-lined treads, the upper tread hinged, the middle tread hinged with a drawer, on tapering reeded legs
27 in. (69 cm.) high; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) wide; 26 ½ in. (67 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

These bedsteps are almost identical to three pairs supplied to Wilbraham Egerton (1781-1856) to furnish Tatton Park, Cheshire in 1811 by Gillows of Lancaster (illustrated John Hardy, 'Gillows at Tatton Park', The Journal of the Furniture History Society, Leeds, 1970, pl. 11B).

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