Live Auction 3015Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD FOLIO CABINET
Lot 184

A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD FOLIO CABINET

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1835

Closed22 November 2011

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GBP 7,500

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A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD FOLIO CABINET
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1835
The sliding, triple-ratcheted, leather-lined bi-fold top with two book stops above silk pleated doors enclosing two adjustable shelves with reeded front edges, the back and sides panelled, on concealed castors, the doors probably originally glazed
With top down 33 in. (84 cm.) high; 33½ in. (85 cm.) wide; 25¼ in. (64 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Gillows of Lancaster record four 'pedestal portfolio stands' of this design but with glazed doors in their Estimate Sketch Books between January 1836 and June 1837 (ESB nos. 5073, 5106, 5109 and 5148). One, in rosewood, shares the dimensions of the present cabinet. Further evidence of Gillows' manufacture comes from the characteristically meticulous rosewood grain-painting of the hidden surfaces underneath the top.