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A pair of Gonzalo Alves Card Tables by Gillows of Lancaster. (c. 1820 English)

A pair of Gonzalo Alves Card Tables by Gillows of Lancaster.
 
Artists/Makers/Factories

GILLOWS OF LANCASTER & LONDON (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.

Price

gbp 30000.00 (Pound Sterling)

FOR SALE