细节
A mid Victorian walnut drop flap writing/work table in the manner of Gillows, inlaid overall with boxwood and ebony lines and tulip wood bands, with hinged ratchetted leather-lined slope flanked by pencil drawers above two central drawers, the top one fitted, on reeded and fluted tapering legs -- 53½in. (136cm.) wide, 17in. (43cm.) deep.
c.f. A satinwood work table of similar form but on dual splayed legs, stamped Gillows and signed by M. Johnson, made in 1869 and dicussed by John Bly in the Daily Telegraph, 14 march 1992. Similar example were sold at Phillips, Bond St, 21 January 1992, lot 125 and 18 September 1990.
c.f. A satinwood work table of similar form but on dual splayed legs, stamped Gillows and signed by M. Johnson, made in 1869 and dicussed by John Bly in the Daily Telegraph, 14 march 1992. Similar example were sold at Phillips, Bond St, 21 January 1992, lot 125 and 18 September 1990.