Lot 139

GEORGE III MAHOGANY LINEN PRESS, BY GILLOWS
LATE 18TH CENTURY






Auction: Day One: 06 September 2023 | From 11:00
£2,772
Description
the plain moulded cornice above a pair of bookmatched moulded panel door opening to an interior with sliding trays; the base with two short over two long graduated drawers, raised on bracket feet; stamped in the drawer GILLOWS
Dimensions
124cm wide, 190cm high, 61cm deep
Footnote
Note: An almost identical linen press to the present lot is illustrated Susan Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, vol. II, pg 66 and was made by the Journeyman Wm Stubbs for Robert Phillips Esq, a successful textile merchant.





