A REGENCY BRASS-INLAID AND MOUNTED ROSEWOOD CHIFFONIER

The Regency Drawing Room commode, with recessed book-shelves and chiffonier book-shelf capped by a balustraded china-shelf, is designed in the robust 'antique' fashion introduced in the first decade of the 19th century by Gillows of London and Lancaster. The balustrade features in one of their 1836 patterns for a related commode; while their brand 'GILLOWS.LANCASTER' features on another of their balustraded commodes, which is likewise embellished with reeded pilasters, urn feet and Roman truss-capped pilasters (see S. E. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London, 2 vols, Woodbridge, 2008, pl. 459; and one sold anonymously, Sotheby's, London, 12 July 1996, lot 236).