IN THE MANNER OF GILLOW, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEVERET
IN THE MANNER OF GILLOW, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The detachable upper section with carrying handle, gallery and two short and a long drawer, formerly with slide, the lower section with a long drawer on square tapering legs joined by an undertier, inlaid overall with boxwood and ebony lines
42 in. (106.5 cm.) high, 21½ in. (54.5 cm.) wide, 16 in. (40.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

with Owen-Evan Thomas, London. 22 January 1937 ($321).

Special notice

Christie's is selling all lots in this sale as agent for an organization which holds a State of New York Exempt Organization certificate. Seller explicitly reserves all trademark and trade name rights and rights of privacy and publicity in the name and image of Doris Duke. No buyer of any property in this sale will acquire any right to use the Doris Duke name or image. Seller further explicitly reserves all copyright rights in designs or other copyrightable works included in the property offered for sale. No buyer of any property in the sale will acquire the rights to reproduce, distribute copies of, or prepare derivative works of such designs or copyrightable works.

Lot Essay

This lady's work-table with removable sketch book-tray relates to the Gillows design for a satinwood and tulipwood banded 'Sheveret' table of 1790, is illustrated in L. Boynton (ed.),Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, fig. 150, and p. 170.
A similar tulipwood and kingwood cheveret table was sold by John Keil, Sotheby's, London, 7 April 1998, lot 78. A further tulipwood example, with the same incurved undertier and with a more rectangular carrying-handle was sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 6 April 2000, lot 77.

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