
Lot 247
A Victorian mahogany octagonal drum top library table possibly by Gillows
20 November 2013, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £8,750 inc. premium
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A Victorian mahogany octagonal drum top library table
possibly by Gillows
The octagonal top inset with a green tooled and gilt leather above four drawers, three with ivorine alphabetical labels (one missing), on a lotus leaf carved and turned shaft and acanthus carved quadripartite cabriole legs and lotus leaf scroll feet, 153cm in diameter, 76cm high (60in in diameter, 29.5in high).
The octagonal top inset with a green tooled and gilt leather above four drawers, three with ivorine alphabetical labels (one missing), on a lotus leaf carved and turned shaft and acanthus carved quadripartite cabriole legs and lotus leaf scroll feet, 153cm in diameter, 76cm high (60in in diameter, 29.5in high).
Footnotes
The shell carving on the base is reminiscent of carving executed on a near pair of George IV rosewood cabinets on stand made by Gillows for Thomas John Wynn, 2nd Baron Newborough for Glynllifon, Caernarvonshire in 1823, sold Christie's, London 16 September 2004, lot 20. See also lot 199 in the present sale.