A MATCHED PAIR OF WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY THREE-TIER HANGING-SHELVES attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, each with three-quarter galleried rectangular top above two further tiers, the ring-turned baluster supports centred by ring-turned X-shaped struts, one with pencil inscription to the reverse east wall near piano and with further inscription near the fireplace, the other with pencil inscription east wall and east wall near oak door variations

细节

A MATCHED PAIR OF WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY THREE-TIER HANGING-SHELVES attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, each with three-quarter galleried rectangular top above two further tiers, the ring-turned baluster supports centred by ring-turned X-shaped struts, one with pencil inscription to the reverse east wall near piano and with further inscription near the fireplace, the other with pencil inscription east wall and east wall near oak door variations
36in. (91.5cm.) wide; 20¾in. (53cm.) high; 7in. (18cm.) deep (2)

来源

Supplied to the 2nd Earl Manvers, Thoresby Hall, Nottinghamshire
Thence by descent at Thoresby until sold, Sotheby's house sale, 31 May - 2 June 1989, lot 307

拍品专文

There are several references to Lord Manvers in the Gillow archive for the period 1800-1840 but he seems also to have bought furniture from their London retailer. This prevents exact identification of purchases because objects sold in London appear in the Gillow archive by the name of the retailer alone. The Manvers archive itself suggests large scale buying, totalling as much as #3,000. As many as forty pieces by Gillow were included in the Thoresby sale