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A pair of George IV rosewood side cabinets by Gillows

Creator: Gillows of Lancaster & London
Offered by: Wick Antiques LTD

Description
A pair of George IV rosewood side cabinets by Gillows, each with two of mirror-backed shelves with brass galleries and bold S-scroll ends set above a rectangular cupboard, the doors inset with brass fish-eye grilles lined in pleated silk, decorated with ebony acanthus leaves and edging, one stamped on top of a door ‘Gillows. Lancaster’. English, circa 1820.

Footnote: Closely related acanthus carved terminals can be seen on bookcases made by Gillows & Co for the library at Dallam Tower, Cumbria in 1829, and on a bookcase shown in Susan E. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Antique Collectors’ Club, 2008, vol. I, p. 379, pl. 450.

More Information

Documentation:	Makers Label/Invoice
Origin:	England
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Rosewood, Glass
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	Circa 1820
Styles / Movements:	George IV, Traditional
Book References:	losely related acanthus carved terminals can be seen on bookcases made by Gillows & Co for the library at Dallam Tower, Cumbria in 1829, and on a bookcase shown in Susan E. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Antique Collectors’ Club,
Incollect Reference #:	577171

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Message from Seller:

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