Pair of Mahogany Shaped Display Cabinets Attributed to Gillows

A pair of late Regency rosewood side cabinets, attributed to Gillows, each of rectangular form with two panelled doors below a single lon...

A late Regency Gonçalo Alves two-door side cabinet firmly attributed to Gillows, of rectangular form with two glazed doors retaining the original brass trelliswork centred on rosette...

An early Victorian two-door mahogany side cabinet, attributed to Gillow, the shaped rectangular top with cut corners above two cupboard doors flanked by two deeply carved bold acanth...

A pair of Victorian satinwood display cabinets attributed to Holland and Sons, each of stepped, rectangular form with protruding square-cut corners holding turned stop-fluted and acanthus-carved pillars, with a central glazed door opening left- and right-handed, the blue velvet lined interior with an adjustable shelf, decorated in satinwood, amboyna and kingwood with marquetry floral...

A pair of George IV rosewood side cabinets by Gillows, each with two of mirror-backed shelves with brass galleries and bold S-scroll ends set above a rectangular cupboard, the doors ...

Each cistern is in the form of a fluted vase on a rectangular pedestal. The lead-lined vases have brass handles, removable lids with pineapple finials and taps. The crossbanded pedestals have cupboard doors enclosing slatted shelves for warming plates in one and a lead-lined slops drawers, a tambour fronted shelf and a cellaret in the other. Susan Stuart, 'Gillow of Lancaster and London', 2008 vol 1 p308-315 illustrates many pedestal urns including the drawings for Workington Hall, Cumbria, dated 1788. PLates 342 and 343 show pedestals with a similar arrangement of shelves and drawers. Thomas Sheraton explained the functions of dining room pedestals in his 'Drawing Book' of 1793: 'IN spacious dining rooms the sideboards are often made without drawers of any sort, having simply a rail, a little ornament...

A pair of Louis XIV style gilt-bronze mounted calamander breakfront side cabinets, the Algerian brèche sanguine marble tops above a cupboard door incorporating Japanese lacquer panels, Edo period 17th century, opening to reveal a single adjustable shelf, on later spiral fluted tapering feet. Circa 1830 English Footnote: These opulent English cabinets, conceived in the Louis XIV style, employ an array of exotic materials which when coupled with the finely chased gilt-bronze mounts point to a commission of some importance. The vivid brèche sanguine marble tops were mined in Algeria - a source of exceptional marbles championed by British diplomat and naturalist Sir Lambert Playfair (1828 –1899) following a visit in 1880 – and the highly prized Japanese lacquer panels would have originally formed part of an Edo period chest...

A fine pair of mahogany bedside cabinets in the manner of Gillows with typical reeded tapering legs supporting bodies with a single door and veneered with flame mahogany. England, ...

A very useful pair of late 18th century bedside cabinets Crafted from the finest South American mahogany With curved opposing doors and raised on tapering fluted legs in the manner...

An exceptional and outstanding quality Regency period sarcophagus shaped mahogany wine cooler attributed to Gillows, constructed in the most beautifully figured mahogany and carved a...

Attributed to Gillows A superior quality late 18th/early 19th century mahogany Davenport Desk The leather-lined top with brass gallery, lifting to ...

A magnificent pair of 19th century Goncalo Alves with sienna marble tops side cabinets attributed to "Gillows" of Lancaster. The sienna marble top of breakfront form, above an ormolu mounted egg...