FINE REGENCY LARGE MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT BOOKCASE, ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS OF LANCASTER
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
£18,900
Auction: Day One: 31 August 2022 | From 11:00
Description
the moulded cornice above a frieze marked with carved flower heads, above glazed and mullioned doors with Bramah locks enclosing adjustable shelves, flanked by fluted pilasters with acanthus carved capitals; the lower part with four moulded panel doors flanked and divided by similar fluted pilasters capped with acanthus scrolls and flower heads, on a plinth base
Dimensions
306cm wide, 273cm high, 62cm deep
Footnote
Note: This bookcase relates to a group of furniture supplied by Gillows to the Langford-Brooke family of Mere Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire, in the first quarter of the 19th century. The pilasters with their acanthus capitals are identical to the group of library furniture sold by Christie's on behalf of the executors of the late Mrs. Helen Langford-Brooke, 23 May, 1994, lot 188.