2nd Jun, 2025 11:00
The House & Garden Sale
69
A George III mahogany architect's desk, almost certainly by Gillows
The double-rising top over a secretaire drawer with a fitted interior and further drawers around a kneehole with a pull-out cupboard beneath, all on a conforming plinth base.
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Dimensions: 126cm wide x 69cm deep x 97cm high
Provenance:An almost identical design is shown in Lindsay Boynton's book 'Gillow Furniture Design 1760-1880', plate 24, 'A bureau writing-table'. A design of 1789.
Sold for £1,400
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
The double-rising top over a secretaire drawer with a fitted interior and further drawers around a kneehole with a pull-out cupboard beneath, all on a conforming plinth base.
(1)
Dimensions: 126cm wide x 69cm deep x 97cm high
Provenance:An almost identical design is shown in Lindsay Boynton's book 'Gillow Furniture Design 1760-1880', plate 24, 'A bureau writing-table'. A design of 1789.
The leather inset top is almost certainly original. The interior of the secretaire drawer is in need of restoration, and previously with lids to the compartmentalised interior with letters for the alphabet for filing. Losses to the veneer and cockbeading overall. In need of repolishing.
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Auction: The House & Garden Sale, 2nd Jun, 2025
This catalogue brings together a diverse selection of Fine Decorative Furniture, Sculpture, Paintings & Prints, Works of Art, and Garden Ornament.
Encompassing a range of periods and styles, the sale offers something of interest to collectors, interior designers, and garden enthusiasts.
In celebration of the Chelsea Flower Show, the garden and outdoor section - featuring a variety of ornaments and design pieces - begins at Lot 1320.
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