Lot 265
A George IV goncalo alves carved writing table attributed to Gillows dated 1837
4 November 2015, 12:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£5,000 - £8,000
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A George IV goncalo alves carved writing table attributed to Gillows
dated 1837
The rounded rectangular top with pierced brass three-quarter gallery, above a red tooled leather writing surface and a pair of drawers on shaped end supports, with lobed feet and recessed castors, the outside reverse of one drawer signed in pencil, 'T (J) Lesing (Liping) & frame 28 Dec 1837', 122cm wide, 71cm deep, 78cm high (48in wide, 27 1/2in deep, 30 1/2in high).
The rounded rectangular top with pierced brass three-quarter gallery, above a red tooled leather writing surface and a pair of drawers on shaped end supports, with lobed feet and recessed castors, the outside reverse of one drawer signed in pencil, 'T (J) Lesing (Liping) & frame 28 Dec 1837', 122cm wide, 71cm deep, 78cm high (48in wide, 27 1/2in deep, 30 1/2in high).
Footnotes
Literature:
Illustrated in S.Stuart, Gillows of London and Lancaster, 1740-1830, Suffolk 2008, pp.269-270, pl.277 & 279
This table which is not stamped by Gillows bears a pencil inscription with the names of the journeymen and the date although Susan Stuart was not able to trace them while working on the entry for this table in her 2008 publication. Goncalo alves or 'albuera wood' as it was known by the Gillow firm was used by Gillows on a variety of items in the 1823-65 period. The design for the table offered here appears three times in the Gillows Estimate Sketch Books, firstly in February 1836 then in 1837 and then again in 1850. The varying designs only differ in dimensions and the choices of timber.