A VICTORIAN WALNUT MUSIC CANTERBURY, ALMOST CERTAINLY BY GILLOWS,
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Susan E. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730 - 1840, Vol II, p.92, plate 638 for an illustration of the original 1847 pencil drawing of this 'Canterbury for Music'. Reference is made to another surviving example signed 'Jas Hartley' and dated '1851' to the drawer underside |
Estimate: |
£600 - £1,200
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Hammer price:
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£1,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
mid 19th century, the front and back with carved Tree of Life supports beneath serpentine toprails, flanking a central divider, the rectangular base with frieze drawer to the front, with twin turned ebony knob handles, the base corners with canted scrolling foliate carved mounts, on lobed bun feet with concealed castors; indistinctly signed in pencil to drawer underside,
43.5cm high x 54cm wide x 37cm deep