Lot Essay
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.
PROPERTY OF A WASHINGTON D.C. COLLECTOR
A LATE VICTORIAN STYLE LACQUER-INSET MAHOGANY, SATINWOOD AND MARQUETRY SIDE CABINET
LATE 19TH CENTURY
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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
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