Lot 243
A Regency mahogany low press attributed to Gillows
4 November 2015, 12:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,375 inc. premium
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A Regency mahogany low press attributed to Gillows
The rectangular moulded top above a pair of central panelled doors enclosing three slides flanked by four drawers to each side, on a moulded plinth base and turned feet, 198cm wide, 59cm deep, 113cm high (77 1/2in wide, 23in deep, 44in high).
Footnotes
A closely related press cupboard from the collection of Major Sir (Michael) Osmond Williams 2nd Bt. Mc. (1914-2002) of Castell Deudraeth & Borthwen, Co. Merioneth was sold Bonhams London, 4th June 2014, lot 100, another sold Bonhams, London, 6 March 2013, lot 144 and another 11 March 2015, lot 140.
A very closely related low press cupboard supplied by Gillows for Tatton Park, is illustrated in N.Goodison & J Hardy, 'Gillows at Tatton Park', Furniture History, 1970, plate 10A. Five cupboards of this type were supplied to the house, one with the makers name James Capstick, another with the name H.Holmes.
Further similar examples include a cabinet sold Christie's, London, 4 June 1998, lot 177 and another which was probably made by the journeyman John Parkes, who was another employee of the firm. (See also Gillows' Sketch Book 344/144, p.7 for a low wardrobe of the above pattern).