Live Auction 5453Christie's Interiors
A REGENCY MAHOGANY LOW LINEN PRESS
Lot 283

A REGENCY MAHOGANY LOW LINEN PRESS

BY GILLOWS, CIRCA 1810

Closed5 April 2011

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GBP 2,750

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY LOW LINEN PRESS
BY GILLOWS, CIRCA 1810
The reeded-edged top above two moulded cupboard doors enclosing three slides flanked to each side by four graduated drawers on turned feet, stamped GILLOWS LANCASTER
25 in. (114 cm.) high; 78 in. (198 cm.) wide; 22½ in. (57 cm.) deep

Specialist note

A drawing of the same model appears on page 7 of Gillows' Cabinet-maker's General Sketch Book of 1810. Gillows supplied five identical presses to Tatton Park in Cheshire between 1810-1811. See J. Hardy and N. Goodison, Gillows at Tatton Park, Furniture History Society Journal 1970, pls. 10a and p.10.