Live Auction 6415Christie's Interiors
A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY CHAMBER WRITING TABLE
Lot 291

A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY CHAMBER WRITING TABLE

CIRCA 1825, ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS

Closed17 July 2012

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GBP 1,125

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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY CHAMBER WRITING TABLE
CIRCA 1825, ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS
The top with reeded edge and hinged pen-and-ink compartment, the frieze panelled all round, the drawer with original rosewood handles
29 in. (74 cm.) high; 28 in. (71 cm.) wide; 20¾ in. (53 cm.) deep

Specialist note

This ingenious Gillow design first appeared in the firm's General Sketch Book of 1810 and remained in production for the next thirty years. Variations are shown in Gillows' Estimate Sketch Books, folio 3310, dated December 1823, and folio 5268, dated August 1839.