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Lot 135

A George III mahogany and boxwood line inlaid serpentine sideboard
in the manner of Gillows

20 November 2013, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£5,000 - £6,000

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A George III mahogany and boxwood line inlaid serpentine sideboard

in the manner of Gillows
The shaped top above a divided frieze drawer and shaped fluted apron flanked by concave cupboard doors one with divisions for bottles between fluted angles on similar hexagonal tapering legs and block feet, 153cm wide, 68cm deep, 94cm high (60in wide, 26.5in deep, 37in high).

Footnotes

The firm of Gillows produced sideboards with shaped and fluted aprons including a design for a 'Side Board Table for Mr Stuart Johnson' in Gillows Estimate Sketch Books dated 25 November 1786, folio 456, reel 344/93. A sideboard of similar form is also found in George Hepplewhite's The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, pl. 29, 1788, 1st ed. Sideboards employing the distinctive shaped apron include examples sold Bonhams London, 18 November 2009, Lot 183, Sotheby's London, 20 November 2007, lot 140, Sotheby's London, 9 July 1999, lot 103 and Christie's London, Simon Sainsbury, The Creation of an English Arcadia, 18 June 2008, lot 94.

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