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A late William IV rosewood breakfront open bookcase, by Gillows

Creator: Gillows of Lancaster & London
Offered by: Wick Antiques LTD

Description
A late William IV rosewood breakfront open bookcase, by Gillows, the shaped top with a turned baluster gallery above four doors with pleated silk panels behind diamond trellis grilles, enclosing two adjustable shelves, divided by four turned, tapering gadrooned pilasters with acanthus bud bases, all raised on a shaped plinth. Stamped ‘Gillows. Lancaster’. English, circa 1836.

Footnote: See Susan Stuart, ‘Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840’, Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, 2008, Vol. I, p. 384, pls. 459-60 for the design for this bookcase in the Westminster Archive Centre drawn in 1836 and a very similar example made between 1835 and 1840.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	England
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Rosewood
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	Circa 1836
Styles / Movements:	William IV, Traditional
Incollect Reference #:	746463

Dimensions

W.	72 in;	H.	38.5 in;	D.	18.5 in;
W.	182.88 cm;	H.	97.79 cm;	D.	46.99 cm;

Message from Seller:

Wick Antiques was established by Charles Wallrock in the early 1980s. Having grown up in the Antiques world Charles developed an extensive wealth of knowledge. Starting out as a ‘man with a van’ he quickly gained a good reputation and embarked on a longstanding relationship with Harrods. He was later joined by his wife, Caroline Wallrock. Caroline having completed a Persian degree, went on to study at Christie’s fine art and then joined Sotheby’s specializing in Islamic and Japanese works of art