Attributed to GILLOWS OF LANCASTER & LONDON (1730-1903) - Receive artist alerts » - More items from this artist »

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gillows, mahogany, regency, bookcase, georgian, london, lancaster, antique, grecian,

244.00cm wide    213.50cm high    48.50cm deep (96.06 inches wide  84.06 inches high  19.09 inches deep)

Gillows archives in the Westminster City Library show a bookcase of virtually identical form on page 1776 for 12 November 1805. Kerby may be presumed to be a dealer in furniture, and examples are recorded of their stamp both adjacent to, and obliterating the Gillows stamp.

Gillows & Co. A leading firm of English cabinet-makers, with premises in both Lancaster and London and who, during the 18th and 19th centuries, produced well-designed furniture of the highest quality. Founded in about 1727, the firm thrived by adapting to the needs of a changing society and recognized the potential offered by the expanding middle class market. Gillows became a large company, both designing and manufacturing furniture to the very highest standards, so much so that they supplied the aristocracy and gentry of England at the height of the Empire. They had a ready response to fashionable demand and eventually led the way in the 19th century with some of the finest quality furniture ever produced in England

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Constructed in mahogany, of breakfront form, rising from a plinth base, the lower section having four blind doors with Grecian form cock beading, flanked by reeded and turned columns: the shelved upper section with two pairs of brass trellis grilled doors flanked by reeded, turned and shaped columns. The cornice having a Greek key pattern with scrolled ends. Stamped ‘Kerby 545 New Oxford Street’.