A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY BOWFRONT CHESTS

Messrs Gillows of London and Lancaster provided a number of similar commodes, with 'tower-cornered' tops supported on Pompeiian reed-enriched columns, such as featured in Thomas Sheraton's Cabinet Maker, Upholsterer and General Artist's Encyclopaedia, 1804, pl. 2. In 1811, as part of a large consignment of furniture, Gillows supplied a closely related commode with vase-capped pillars to the Rev. Mr. Twemlow of Peats Wood, Market Drayton (offered anonymously, Christie's London, 10 April 1986, lot 127).
Another closely related commode was sold anonymously, Christie's South Kensington, 30 September 1998, lot 186 (£7,475).