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A nest of Regency specimen wood tables by Gillows of Lancaster

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

Description
A nest of Regency specimen wood tables by Gillows of Lancaster, each with a rectangular top and rosewood edge, the largest decorated with an amboyna field within rosewood banding, the second rosewood within amboyna, the third bird’s eye maple within amboyna and the smallest with a chess board of all the above woods and a small drawer, all on rosewood turned baluster spindle legs joined by stretchers, the smallest with a concave satinwood stretcher. English, circa 1815.

Literature
A set of tables of near identical design to the offered lot, reputedly supplied by Gillows to the Senhouse family of Lancashire, c.1810, is illustrated in Geoffrey Beard and Judith Goodison 'English Furniture 1500-1840', 1987, p.254, fig.3.

Makers
GILLOWS OF LANCASTER & LONDON

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	England
Period:	19th Century
Creation Date:	1815
Styles / Movements:	Regency, Traditional
Incollect Reference #:	278050

Dimensions

W.	22.75 in;	H.	29.5 in;	D.	15.25 in;
W.	57.79 cm;	H.	74.93 cm;	D.	38.74 cm;

Message from Seller:

Wick Antiques was established by Charles Wallrock in the early 1980s. Having grown up in the Antiques world Charles developed an extensive wealth of knowledge. Starting out as a ‘man with a van’ he quickly gained a good reputation and embarked on a longstanding relationship with Harrods. He was later joined by his wife, Caroline Wallrock. Caroline having completed a Persian degree, went on to study at Christie’s fine art and then joined Sotheby’s specializing in Islamic and Japanese works of art