A late George III mahogany bowfront chest attributed to Gillows
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A late George III mahogany bowfront chest
attributed to Gillows
Inlaid with boxwood and ebonised lines, the rectangular top with rounded projecting corners above a slide and three long graduated drawers flanked by reeded angles, headed by stiff leaves, on turned toupie feet, 128cm wide, 53cm deep, 87cm high (50" wide, 20.5" deep, 34" high).
Estimate:
£3,000 - 5,000
€3,500 - 5,800
US$ 4,700 - 7,800

Footnotes

  • Related uprights and turned feet appear on a straight fronted chest in the Gillow Estimate Sketch Books for 1789 and supplied to Gillow's London shop (no. 12,265). The design is reproduced in L.Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Herts, 1995, pl.115.

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