Sale 8512
New York, Park Avenue
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30 - 31 October 1996
PROPERTY OF A WASHINGTON D.C. COLLECTOR
Price realised
USD 8,050
Estimate
A LATE VICTORIAN STYLE LACQUER-INSET MAHOGANY, SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY SIDE CABINET late 19th century In the Dutch taste, the shaped top with pierced gallery over a panelled cupboard door enclosing a shelf centering a ribbon-entwined oval inset with a lacquer panel depicting a mountainous landscape, flanked by pendant rectangular panels inset with similar lacquer panels, with canted corners headed by brass roundels, on square tapering panelled legs and bun feet, stamped GILLOWS LANCASTER 34½in. (87.5cm.) high, 35in. (89cm.) wide, 15¾in. (40cm.) deep
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The stamp is that of the celebrated English firm of cabinet-makers, Gillows of Lancaster, which flourished in the 18th century and throughout the 19th century.
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