A REGENCY MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT WARDROBE

BY GILLOWS

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT WARDROBE
By Gillows
The reeded cornice above a pair of geometrically-panelled doors enclosing three mahogany-lined slides and a later hanging-rail above four mahogany and blue paper-lined drawers flanked by reeded baluster columns and a pair of tall doors with conforming panelling and enclosing two later shelves, the outer doors lacking some fittings and the right-hand door originally enclosing a full height of adjustable shelves
97½ in. (247.5 cm.) wide; 90 in. (229 cm.) high; 21¾ in. (55 cm.) deep

Provenance

Supplied in 1813 to William Powlett, 2nd Baron Bolton (1782-1850) for his wife's bedroom at Hackwood.
By descent until sold in 1935 with Hackwood to William Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose (d.1954).
Thence by descent.

Literature

Gillows Memorandum, May 1813, Lady Bolton's Bedroom: 'A Mahogany High Wardobe with wings, one fitted up for hanging dresses - one for sliding shelves'.
Gillows Bill, July 1813, Lady Bolton's Bedroom: 'To a handsome Mahogany Ladies Wardrobe 8 ft. long 7 ft. 6 high with reeded column corners fine birching panels one wing lined with Baize and rails with pins for hanging Dresses, the other with slideing shelves as usual good brass locks spring catches and fair 52 Gs' invoiced for £54 12s.

Lot Essay

The pattern for this wardrobe first appears for a client called General Jones in March 1806 in Gillows' Estimate Sketch Book, 1801-22, p. 1784.
This wardrobe was supplied en suite with dressing-tables such as lot 356 and a bedside commode such as lot 379. All are mentioned in Gillows' bill and designs are preserved in the Estimate Sketch Books.
A low wardrobe with doors of this pattern was supplied by Gillows to T.W. Egerton for Tatton Park, Cheshire, in 1811 (N. Goodison and J. Hardy, 'Gillows at Tatton Park', Furniture History, 1970, pls. 10a and 11a).

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