Live Auction 5303Christie's Style & Spirit
A LARGE WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD WELLINGTON CHEST
Lot 204

A LARGE WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD WELLINGTON CHEST

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1835

Closed16 September 2014

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GBP 4,375

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A LARGE WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD WELLINGTON CHEST
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1835
The twelve graduated mahogany-lined drawers panelled in gilt-tooled leather, with rosewood handles, the stile with sliding lock-cover revealing a Bramah lock, the drawers numbered in pencil underneath, on castors
66 ½ in. (169 cm.) high; 36 in. (92 cm.) wide; 17 ¾ in. (45.5 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Designs for "pedestals of drawers" with identical mouldings and sliding lock-covers are first shown by Gillows in 1832. In addition to its country-house proportions, the present lot has expensive extra features like leather-panelled drawers and a finely panelled mahogany back.