Lot 180Y
A small Regency rosewood and brass banded games/writing table attributed to Gillows
Amended
20 November 2013, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£4,000 - £6,000
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A small Regency rosewood and brass banded games/writing table attributed to Gillows
The rounded rectangular top with tooled leather inset ends and pierced bowed three-quarter brass galleries, the sliding central top with chequerboard on the reverse, enclosing a backgammon board, above a frieze drawer flanked by milled brass panels, with opposing simulated drawer and similar panels with applied anthemion mounts to the ends, on turned tapering reeded legs, with brass cappings and castors, 99cm wide, 45cm deep, 73cm high (38.5in wide, 17.5in deep, 28.5in high).
Footnotes
The shaped elliptical top with the reversible panel in combination with anthemion escutcheons was a feature of a group of writing/games tables on lyre end supports which are commonly attributed Gillows. A pair of these tables were commissioned for the library at Shrugborough, Staffordshire during the early years of the 19th century when the architect Samuel Wyatt was working at the house. The Wyatt family of architects are known to have had a close working relationship with Gillows of Lancaster and London. Related tables include an example sold Bonhams London, 20 November 2007, lot 155, a table from the collection of the 5th Baron Brownlow at Belton House, Lincolnshire, sold Sotheby's 10 July 1987, lot 99, another in rosewood, sold in the same rooms, 5 June 2007, lot 211 and a closely related but simpler games table attributed to Gillows offered Christie's London, 19 April 1990, lot 78. A further table belonging to this group from the Moller collection is illustrated in R.W Symonds, Furniture Making in 17th and 18th century England, London 1955, fig 187.
Saleroom notices
Please note: in the printed catalogue a star (*) appears to the side of the lot number, this is incorrect and what should appear is a 'y' to indicate that as this item contains rosewood it may be be subject to Cites if exported outside of the EU.