A LATE VICTORIAN SATINWOOD AND POLYCHROME DECORATED SIDE CABINET
Lot 85 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 78-85)

A LATE VICTORIAN SATINWOOD AND POLYCHROME DECORATED SIDE CABINET

BY GILLOWS, CIRCA 1883

Closed1 April 2014

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GBP 4,375

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A LATE VICTORIAN SATINWOOD AND POLYCHROME DECORATED SIDE CABINET
BY GILLOWS, CIRCA 1883
Finely painted overall with polychrome neoclassical motifs and grisaille figural cameos, the upper half partly lined in its original painted silk, with bevelled mirrored panels and projecting bevel-glazed central section part-lined in velvet and with an adjustable glass shelf flanked by swing-out drawers and shelves, the lower half with a long frieze drawer stamped 'GILLOW & CO./ 14675/', the drawer lock stamped 'BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT', above glazed side cupboards lined in velvet, flanking a central cupboard enclosing a shelf
85.1/2 in. (217.5 cm.) high; 60 in. (153 cm.) wide; 16 in. (41 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The number 14675 in the drawer dates the design of this piece to 1883 in the Gillow archives.