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A George III mahogany breakfront wardrobe
attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, with a chequer-banded moulded cornice, a pair of of panelled doors enclosing pull-out slides, above two short and two long drawers, flanked by twin-panelled cupboard doors, on plinth, these flanking sections added in the early 19th century together with the cornice and plinth -- 96in. (245cm.) wide
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Provenance:
Almost certainly supplied to Thomas Langford-Brooke (d.1815), Mere Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire, thence by descent to the late Mrs. Helen Langford-Brooke, Mere Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire, sold at Christie's House Sale, 23rd May 1994, lot 158.
attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, with a chequer-banded moulded cornice, a pair of of panelled doors enclosing pull-out slides, above two short and two long drawers, flanked by twin-panelled cupboard doors, on plinth, these flanking sections added in the early 19th century together with the cornice and plinth -- 96in. (245cm.) wide
See Illustration
Provenance:
Almost certainly supplied to Thomas Langford-Brooke (d.1815), Mere Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire, thence by descent to the late Mrs. Helen Langford-Brooke, Mere Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire, sold at Christie's House Sale, 23rd May 1994, lot 158.