拍品 171
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHIFFONIER

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHIFFONIER
Attributed to Gillows
Inlaid overall with boxwood lines, the superstructure with moulded rectangular top above a pair of glazed doors, flanked by a door to each side enclosing four drawers, above a hinged secretaire-drawer enclosing a green baize-lined writing-slide above eight lidded compartments each inlaid with alphabetical lettering, above a pair of concave-fronted silk-backed doors enclosing a shelf, with shaped apron, on square splayed feet
46 in. (117 cm.) high; 43 in. (109 cm.) wide; 23¼ in. (59 cm.) deep

拍品专文

The hollow-fronted commode has an elegantly serpentined base corresponding to a style introduced aroun 1780 and illustrated in a secretaire pattern issued in Messrs A Hepplewhite & Co's, Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guides, 1788-94 (pl. 44). A pattern for a related desk, with low bookcase and 'hollow' commode base features in Gillow of London and Lancaster's 1794 'Estimate Book'; while the hinged drawer-front featured earlier on their 1789 desk pattern (see L. Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs, Herts 1995 figs. 49 and 24).