Pair of Gillows Mahogany Pembroke Book Tables
£5,500.00
Circa 1820
A pair of Gillows Mahogany Pembroke Book Tables
Height: 28½”, 72cms / Width: 17” Opening to 33”, 43<84 cms / Depth: 16”, 41cms.
No: 11122 GILLOWS of Lancaster
A fine and rare PAIR of Gillows Mahogany Pembroke Book/Deception Tables, the twin flap tops with rounded corners above ends simulated as two drawers. These flap down to reveal book wells, both tables stamped “GILLOWS”. The whole supported on reeded tapered legs terminating in brass cups and casters stamped “Cope & Collinson Patent Strong”. This pattern was described in Gillows’ Estimate Sketch Book as a Deception Table. They may have been intended not solely for books in the drawing room but for hiding chamber pots in the bedroom as bedside tables. Hence the deception part of their description.
Circa 1820
Price: £ 5500-00p.
Height: 28½”, 72cms / Width: 17” Opening to 33”, 43<84 cms / Depth: 16”, 41cms.
Note: the quality of these tables is of the highest standard. This is revealed in many different aspects including the weight being constructed largely of solid Mahogany.
Lit: Susan Stuart, “Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730 to 1840”
See also “Gillow Furniture Designs, 1760 – 1800” by Lyndsay Boynton.
Delivery in the UK mainland is included in the marked price.
