attributed to Gillows the dressing table with a three quarter galleried rectangular top above a frieze drawer and arched apron flanked by two graduated drawers and moulded tablets to either side, on turned and reeded tapering legs and reeded bun feet with concealed castors; the wash stand with a shaped three-quarter galleried rectangular top with five various pierced circular apertures and a rectangular platform with a hinged top enclosing further apertures for dressing accessories, above a frieze drawer flanked by two faux drawers and moulded tablets, on turned reeded tapering legs and reeded bun feet with concealed castors, labelled to the underside of the dressing table, 'lot 427, Sale by T.Burgess, Dublin, June 6, 1888. A very Elegant and Matchless Pair of Toilet and Dressing Tables of Gillow's best Work finished in Rich St.Domingo Mahogany. These tables were specially made to order for the Chamber occupied by George IV at Castle Martyr, Co Cork, the seat of the late Earl of Shannon and were purchased by Mr Burgess at that sale in 1867. Jn F Cooke', losses to moulding,the dressing table 122cm wide, 68.5cm deep, 86cm high (48" wide, 26.5" deep, 33.5" high), the washstand 122cm wide, 69.5cm deep, 38.5cm high (48" wide, 27" deep, 38.5" high).
attributed to Gillows the dressing table with a three quarter galleried rectangular top above a frieze drawer and arched apron flanked by two graduated drawers and moulded tablets to either side, on turned and reeded tapering legs and reeded bun feet with concealed castors; the wash stand with a shaped three-quarter galleried rectangular top with five various pierced circular apertures and a rectangular platform with a hinged top enclosing further apertures for dressing accessories, above a frieze drawer flanked by two faux drawers and moulded tablets, on turned reeded tapering legs and reeded bun feet with concealed castors, labelled to the underside of the dressing table, 'lot 427, Sale by T.Burgess, Dublin, June 6, 1888. A very Elegant and Matchless Pair of Toilet and Dressing Tables of Gillow's best Work finished in Rich St.Domingo Mahogany. These tables were specially made to order for the Chamber occupied by George IV at Castle Martyr, Co Cork, the seat of the late Earl of Shannon and were purchased by Mr Burgess at that sale in 1867. Jn F Cooke', losses to moulding,the dressing table 122cm wide, 68.5cm deep, 86cm high (48" wide, 26.5" deep, 33.5" high), the washstand 122cm wide, 69.5cm deep, 38.5cm high (48" wide, 27" deep, 38.5" high).
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