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    Sale 4960

    European Furniture, Works of Arts, Tapestries and Carpets

    London, South Kensington

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    12 September 2006

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    • A REGENCY MAHOGANY ESTATE OR H
    Lot 429

    A REGENCY MAHOGANY ESTATE OR HOUSEKEEPER'S CUPBOARD

    FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTABLE TO GILLOWS

    Price realised

    GBP 5,040

    Estimate

    GBP 5,000 - GBP 8,000

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    A REGENCY MAHOGANY ESTATE OR HOUSEKEEPER'S CUPBOARD
    FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTABLE TO GILLOWS
    With a pair of three-panelled doors, crossbanded and with reeded mouldings, enclosing an arrangement of twenty variously sized drawers all with rosewood knob handles, on scrolled and roundel decorated bracket feet, bearing a depository label to the reverse 'COUNTESS LICHFIELD AUG 59' and inscribed by hand '39'
    59in. (150cm./) high, 31½in. (80cm.) wide, 16½in. (41cm.) deep

    Provenance

    Countess Lichfield, circa 1959.
    Sotheby's, London, Furniture and Decoration from the Michael Lipitch Gallery, 98, Fulham Road, 22 May 1998, lot 272.

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    Lot Essay

    Possibly supplied by Gillows to Thomas Anson for Shugborough, Staffs, in the early 19th century when the house was being remodelled and enlarged by the architect Samuel Wyatt (d.1807). Anson's son Thomas William was created Earl of Lichfield in 1831.

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    No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
    This lot is subject to storage and collection charges. **For Furniture and Decorative Objects, storage charges commence 7 days from sale. Please contact department for further details.**


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