A William IV mahogany and marquetry centre table by Gillows
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A William IV mahogany and marquetry centre table
by Gillows
The oval tilt-top with a engraved floral marquetry and acanthus scroll border interspersed with birds incorporating mother-of pearl inlaid beaks, the gadrooned, moulded edge above a baluster-turned stem with a gadrooned collar, on cabriole legs with claw and ball feet, the top of the block stamped GILLOWS, 123cm wide, 101cm deep, 74cm high (48" wide, 39.5" deep, 29" high).
Sold for £11,250 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The same pattern of base appears on a carved rosewood breakfast table, again stamped GILLOWS, which was sold from the Bracewell Collection of Furniture by Gillows and Holland & Sons, Bonhams, London, 16 July 2008, lot 129. The table again features the sharp gadrooning to the border of the top which is also a feature of the group of pieces of commissioned by the Chaloner family of Hermeston Hall, Nottinghamshire which include a pair of card tables sold Bonhams, London 21 November 2006, lot 119 and again from the Bracewell Collection, 16 July 2008, lot 134. The en-suite centre table to the Chaloner card tables was sold Bonhams, 22 November 2005, lot 226. The use of this gadrooned top with a realistic eagle's claw foot is also a feature of the notable group of rosewood furnishings by Gillows, from Nidd Hall, Harrogate formerly the home of Viscount Mountgarrett and sold Christie's, London, 9 July 1987, lots 60-67.

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