Live Auction 5251Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BOWFRONT CHEST
Lot 98

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BOWFRONT CHEST

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1790

Closed1 April 2014

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GBP 3,000

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BOWFRONT CHEST
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1790
The well-figured top above four graduated drawers on outswept bracket feet, with triple-panelled back, the handles replaced
35.3/4 in. (91 cm.) high; 43 in. (109 cm.) wide; 22.1/4 in. (56.5 cm.) deep

Specialist note

A Gillows-stamped chest of drawers with many similar constructional and design features, including these elegant 'kicked' feet (both front and back) and a triple-panelled backboard, sold Christie's South Kensington, 24 May 2011, lot 317. Two drawings in the firm's Estimate Sketch Books, folios 729 and 770 (both dated 1791), show feet identical to the present chest's. Gillows invariably described such feet as 'French'.