Lot 441

A late Regency period rosewood card table Probably by Gillows of Lancaster

Auction: 21 March 2007 at 11:00 GMT
£2,868
Description
the rounded rectangular swivel top with beaded edge and baize inset above a faceted spreading column decorated with two bold graduated bands of beading on a quadrapartite platform base raised on scroll-cut feet with finely cast gilt metal shell caps and castors
Dimensions
93cm wide, 75cm high, 45cm deep
Footnote
Note: The Gillows sketch book illustrates several foldover tables with this distinctive treatment of the column i.e. both spreading and faceted with two graduated rows of beaded or gadrooned moulding, cf. their designs for Dr Heysham and Mr R. Bradshaw.
