Lot 239
Lot 239
CENTURIES OF TASTE: LEGACY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A NEAR PAIR OF REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BOOKCASES

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1820

Price Realised USD 22,680
Estimate
USD 25,000 - USD 40,000
Closed: 8 Apr 2025
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A NEAR PAIR OF REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BOOKCASES

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1820

Price Realised USD 22,680
Closed: 8 Apr 2025
Price Realised USD 22,680
Closed: 8 Apr 2025
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Details
Each with a quirked ovolo molding at the cornice, the friezes applied with rosettes, the upper doors inset with brass flowerhead-mounted trellis and opening to three shelves at each side, adjustable but fixed by later brackets, the lower doors paneled and opening to a single adjustable shelf at each side, the slightly narrower with white chalk inscription '20264193/2' to its back and applied with laid-paper labels inside the lower section inscribed in an old hand 'Emma Painting Materials' and 'Fanny Painting Materials,' the slightly wider with a mostly-erased white chalk number
The wider cabinet: 84 in. (213.5 cm.) high, 6012 in. (154 cm.) wide, 1914 in. (49 cm.) deep
The narrower cabinet: 84 in. (213.5 cm.) high, 5812 in. (149 cm.) wide, 1914 in. (49 cm.) deep
Provenance
Possibly originally made for the Rev. John Hargreaves (d. 1818) of Old Hall, Acrrington, Lancashire, and by descent;
Reginald Gervis Hargreaves (1852-1926) of Cuffnells, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, and his wife Alice, nee Liddell (1852-1934).
Acquired from Mallett, London.
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