Lot 165
A George IV plum pudding mahogany secretaire à abattant attributed to Gillows
Amended
20 November 2013, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £4,000
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A George IV plum pudding mahogany secretaire à abattant attributed to Gillows
The later mottled grey slate top above a frieze drawer and fall front with geometric moulding enclosing a fitted interior on six pigeon holes, six short drawers with ivory pulls and inset with a blue Morocco leather gilt tooled writing surface, above a pair of cupboard doors with geometric mouldings flanked by reeded uprights on a plinth base, 105cm wide, 42cm deep, 147cm high (41in wide, 16.5in deep, 57.5in high).
Footnotes
A related example was supplied by Gillows to John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow (1779-1853) sold Christie's, Belton House, Lincolnshire, 30 April - 2 May 1984, lot 102 and again Christie's London, 25 May 1989, lot 91. Variants of this pattern of secretaire with the addition of a frieze drawer below the fall were supplied by Gillows to their client William Maychell. In 1815 Maychell commissioned a secretaire for his wife (later sold Christie's, London, 10 April 2002, lot 434) and the following year a simplified model for himself (sold Christie's, London, The Legend of Dick Turpin, 9 March 2006, lot 246). A further example bearing the stamp of the retailer Mary Willson is illustrated in C.Gilbert, Marked London Furniture 1660-1840, Leeds 1996, p.489, fig.1005
Saleroom notices
Provenance: Formerly the property of Niel Rimington, Fonthill Old Abbey Estate, Wiltshire. Please note that a sliding panel to the interior arrangement conceals three 'secret' lift out trays.