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Gillow & Co. Walnut Writing Table
A handsome and superb quality walnut small writing table with ebonised decoration in the Arts and Crafts taste, with red leather inset top and single end drawer, raised on square section tapering legs united by a shaped stretcher.
Bears stamp to the drawer of the eminent maker ‘GILLOW & CO. 6456’.
Width 36″ (91cm) Depth 19″ (48cm) Height 30″ (76cm)
About Gillows:
Gillows – based in Lancaster in North West England – is rightly renowned as one of the greatest of English antique furniture makers. Uniquely for a provincial firm, it had showrooms and workshops in London. Its 18th and early 19th century furniture was known for a simplicity and concentration of line, and for clever use of convex and concave surfaces and planes. Their business connections with the West Indies allowed them access to the finest of exotic timbers.
Robert Gillow began making furniture around 1730 (succeeded by sons Richard and Robert, and later grandson Thomas), and developed first a national and then an international reputation as a supplier of quality furniture to the upper middle classes, the landed gentry, and the aristocracy. The company won commissions to furnish and decorate public buildings in Australia, South Africa, India, Russia, Germany, France and the U.S., and it also executed Pugin’s designs for London’s Palace of Westminster from 1840.
Gillows was one of the first companies to mark its furniture with a stamp or label, and it is possible to date much of its output according to the wording of these markings. It is generally held that these markings were for ‘stock’ items only, though it is estimated that up to 60% of their output was for private commissions and therefore not marked. It is sometimes possible, however, to attribute such furniture to Gillows by provenance, design, and quality.
Condition and Details of Restoration:
This item is in original structural condition and is completely sound. It has been restored, prior to our ownership, to a generally high standard. There is a visible repair to a split to the frieze at the rear of the table (see detail photograph). Also, please note that the gilt tooling to the centre of the leather inset is slightly irregular.
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Arundel
West Sussex
BN18 9PY
Tel : 07894 814931
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Bears stamp to the drawer of the eminent maker ‘GILLOW & CO. 6456’.
Width 36″ (91cm) Depth 19″ (48cm) Height 30″ (76cm)
About Gillows:
Gillows – based in Lancaster in North West England – is rightly renowned as one of the greatest of English antique furniture makers. Uniquely for a provincial firm, it had showrooms and workshops in London. Its 18th and early 19th century furniture was known for a simplicity and concentration of line, and for clever use of convex and concave surfaces and planes. Their business connections with the West Indies allowed them access to the finest of exotic timbers.
Robert Gillow began making furniture around 1730 (succeeded by sons Richard and Robert, and later grandson Thomas), and developed first a national and then an international reputation as a supplier of quality furniture to the upper middle classes, the landed gentry, and the aristocracy. The company won commissions to furnish and decorate public buildings in Australia, South Africa, India, Russia, Germany, France and the U.S., and it also executed Pugin’s designs for London’s Palace of Westminster from 1840.
Gillows was one of the first companies to mark its furniture with a stamp or label, and it is possible to date much of its output according to the wording of these markings. It is generally held that these markings were for ‘stock’ items only, though it is estimated that up to 60% of their output was for private commissions and therefore not marked. It is sometimes possible, however, to attribute such furniture to Gillows by provenance, design, and quality.
Condition and Details of Restoration:
This item is in original structural condition and is completely sound. It has been restored, prior to our ownership, to a generally high standard. There is a visible repair to a split to the frieze at the rear of the table (see detail photograph). Also, please note that the gilt tooling to the centre of the leather inset is slightly irregular.
Price The price has been listed in British Pounds.
Conversion rates as of 3/JUL/2024. Euro & Dollar prices will vary and should only be used as a guide.
Always confirm final price with dealer.
Category Antique Furniture
Date Circa 1880.
Mid 18th Century Antiques Material Walnut
Origin English
Maker Gillows
Item code as161a821 / PJ1041
Status Sold
£795.00 
$1014.58 
€938.90 
$
€
Conversion rates as of 3/JUL/2024. Euro & Dollar prices will vary and should only be used as a guide.
Always confirm final price with dealer.
View all stock from
Peter J. Martin Antiques
Private dealer, By appointment onlyThe Vinery, Poling,
Arundel
West Sussex
BN18 9PY
Tel : 07894 814931
Non UK callers : +44 7894 814931
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