Sale 10635
London, South Kensington
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27 January 2015
Price realised
GBP 1,750
Estimate
AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY PARTNER'S WRITING TABLE BY GILLOWS, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY The moulded rectangular top with inset leather writing surface, and two frieze drawers to each side, stamped GILLOWS LANCASTER, the castors stamped COPE & COLLINSON / PATENT / STRONG, signed in pencil to the underside of one drawer E. Simpson 30 in. (76 cm.) high; 54 in. (137 cm.) wide; 33 ¾ in. (86 cm.) deep
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The signature must be that of either Edmund or Edward Simpson, both of whom were working for the firm at this time and are recorded by Susan Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, London, 2008, vol. 2, pp. 281-282.
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