A REGENCY OAK PEDESTAL PARTNERS' DESK, ALMOST CERTAINLY BY GILLOWS,
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Gillows' design for this handsome desk was one of many published in the firm's sketchbooks under the heading Ferguson & Co, William Ferguson being one of the trio of former employees who purchased the business when the Gillow family relinquished control in 1813, the new partnership being known variously as Gillow & Co., Ferguson, Whiteside & Redman, or Ferguson, Redmayne & Co. |
| Estimate: |
£3,000 - £5,000
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Hammer price:
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£4,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
circa 1815, the top with later gilt tooled black leather surface and ovolo moulded edges, the nine drawers to the front all with turned ebony knob handles, a Wellington style hinged locking bar closing over the edges of the drawers at each side, the back with two panel doors; with panels to each side, on twin plinth bases housing castors, 76cm high, the top 153cm x 90cm
