Live Auction 10710Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CHEST
Lot 488

AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CHEST

BY GILLOWS, CIRCA 1840, THE CRAFTSMAN JOSEPH BARROW

Closed24 November 2015

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GBP 3,250

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CHEST
BY GILLOWS, CIRCA 1840, THE CRAFTSMAN JOSEPH BARROW
The rectangular moulded top above three short and three long drawers, with rosewood roundel handles, on bun feet, the underside of the left and central drawer signed 'Joseph Barrow', the right drawer signed 'B', with original paper lining
43 in. (109.5 cm.) high; 46.5 in. (118 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The pattern for this distinctive chest of drawers is first recorded in Gillows' Estimate Sketch Books in 1821. The signature on the present lot is almost certainly that of the cabinet-maker Joseph Barrow who was employed at Gillows Lancaster in the early/mid-19th century (Susan Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, London, 2008, vol. II, p.215.)