Oliver Cornish
Sale Coordinator for Furniture, Sculpture, Rugs & Tapestries
Lot 368TP
A George IV mahogany four-tier whatnot almost certainly by Gillows Circa 1825
4 – 15 April 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,560 inc. premium
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Thomas Moore
Head of Department
A George IV mahogany four-tier whatnot almost certainly by Gillows
Circa 1825
With bead-and-reel mouldings, each tier of rounded rectangular outline, with ring turned baluster columns, above one long mahogany lined drawer, on lobed feet terminating in recessed brass castors, 47cm wide x 37cm deep x 98.5cm high, (18 1/2in wide x 14 1/2in deep x 38 1/2in high)
With bead-and-reel mouldings, each tier of rounded rectangular outline, with ring turned baluster columns, above one long mahogany lined drawer, on lobed feet terminating in recessed brass castors, 47cm wide x 37cm deep x 98.5cm high, (18 1/2in wide x 14 1/2in deep x 38 1/2in high)
Footnotes
The present lot, with its distinctive twinning of bead-and-reel mouldings and lobed feet, is very typical of much of Gillows' output and several furniture designs he executed during the 1820s, several of the latter of which appear in his 'Estimate Sketch Books' for entries of the same period. The wonderful quality of the mahogany timber used for this whatnot, combined with its beautiful construction and a notable use of ring turned handles, are all characteristics also closely associated with pieces produced by the Gillows firm in circa 1825.