A LATE REGENCY CALAMANDER OCCASIONAL TABLE
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1820
With a shaped rectangular tray-top above an acanthus-carved and fluted stem, tripartite base, ending in leaf-carved and scrolled feet, the underside of top with paper label STAVROS S. NIARCHOS / FT 95 / COLLECTION, possibly old replacement to cap, but top and base apparently original
30 ½ in. (77.5 cm.) high, 22 1/8 in. (56.1 cm.) wide, 17 ¾ in. (45 cm.) deep
A very closely related table top with 'Venus' wave-scrolled tray in rosewood is illustrated in Susan Stuart, Gillows of London and Lancaster 1730-1840, Woodbridge, 2008, vol.I, pl.332, p.303.
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