拍品专文
The Gillow archive retains (Ref: 7684) a working design and costing details for an '...Oak Medieval Library Table' of which this desk is almost an exact realisation.
BY GILLOW & CO., CIRCA 1870
细节
An oak partners desk
By Gillow & Co., circa 1870
Top inset with green leather, central shallow frieze drawer flanked by two banks of graded drawers, the opposite side with panelled back and fall-front frieze drawer, panelled sides with small rear cabinets, separate upper section with central compartment decorated with trefoil sides and flanked by double-hinged doored cabinets, the reverse panelled with central twin-doored compartment, the whole with elaborate bold brass hinges, handles and lock plates, original central castors with bold trefoil brass back plates, eleven keys
59¾in. (151.7cm.) wide; 44½in. (113cm.) overall height; 53¼in. (135.3cm.) deep
Central frieze drawer stamped Gillow & Co. and numbered 5031
By Gillow & Co., circa 1870
Top inset with green leather, central shallow frieze drawer flanked by two banks of graded drawers, the opposite side with panelled back and fall-front frieze drawer, panelled sides with small rear cabinets, separate upper section with central compartment decorated with trefoil sides and flanked by double-hinged doored cabinets, the reverse panelled with central twin-doored compartment, the whole with elaborate bold brass hinges, handles and lock plates, original central castors with bold trefoil brass back plates, eleven keys
59¾in. (151.7cm.) wide; 44½in. (113cm.) overall height; 53¼in. (135.3cm.) deep
Central frieze drawer stamped Gillow & Co. and numbered 5031