Artists/Makers/Factories
GILLOWS OF LANCASTER (1730-1903)
Signed/Inscribed/Dated
Gillows
Dimensions
91.00cm wide
73.00cm high
51.00cm deep
(35.83 inches wide 28.74 inches high 20.08 inches deep)
Framed Width
91.00cm framed width
73.00cm framed height
106.00cm framed depth
(35.83 inches framed width 28.74 inches framed height 41.73 inches framed depth)
Provenance
Prov; Miss K M Newstead.
Paper depository label Spencer Bros. Brownlow Street. Liverpool- Miss K M Newstead- one table, signed indistinctly in pencil and each numbered in pencil to the inside respectively no. 1 and no. 2.
Condition
very good condition.
Description / Expertise
An important pair of Card Tables
by Gillows of Lancaster. Veneered
in Gonzalo Alves on mahogany base.
The swivel tops with beed and reel
edges, above moulded friezes,
on leaf carved and turned end supports
leading to cabriole legs with leaf and
scaly claw and ball feet.
Stamped Gillows. Lancaster.
English
Circa 1820.
These card tables are illustrated in Susan Stuart’s “Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840” plate. 267.
An identical design is seen in Gillows “Estimate Sketch Books” 1826 (no.3480).
Possibly the pencil signature to one table could be that of John Barrow who worked in association with Gillows from 1791-1840 or William Barrow of Liverpool who appears in the Gillows Archive 1800-1840.
FOR SALE
