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AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CHEST
Lot 124

AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CHEST

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, THE CRAFTSMAN WILLIAM BARROW, CIRCA 1840

Fermé15 November 2017

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GBP 4,750

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CHEST
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, THE CRAFTSMAN WILLIAM BARROW, CIRCA 1840
The moulded top above three short and three long graduated mahogany and historic brown paper-lined drawers on turned feet, signed in pencil 'W Barrow' to underside of upper left drawer, for the craftsmen, with original rosewood handles
43 in. (109 cm.) high; 46 ½ in. 9118 cm.) wide; 22 ¼ in. (57 cm.) deep

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The pattern for this chest of drawers is recorded in Gillows Estimate Sketch books for 1821, the journeyman being John Hanibal. William Barrow Senior, was named on Gillow's payroll in 1835 and also his son William, who was apprenticed to Leonard Redmayne in 1829 and became a freeman in 1837 (see Susan Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London, 2008, vol.II, p.215). A virtually identical chest, signed by Joseph Barrow was offered in these rooms 21 May 2015, lot 168 and another signed by Richard Woodhouse at Bonham's, London, 11 March 2015, lot 156 (£6,000 including premium).