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A REGENCY MAHOGANY FOLIO-CABINET ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS OF LANCASTER, EARLY 19TH CENTURY The double-hinged leather-lined top with removable book stops, on double-ratcheted support, above a pair of panelled cupboard doors with brass flowerhead trellis-work grills over pleated gold silk panels, enclosing four adjustable folio slides, flanked by pilasters surmounted by lotus-leaf capitals, with panelled sides and conforming false doors to the reverse, on a plinth base and brass anti-friction castors 33 ? in. (85 cm.) high, closed; 42 ? in. (107.5 cm.) wide; 30 in. (76 cm.) deep
Acquired from Jonathan Harris.
Messrs. Gillows' Estimate Sketch Book, no. 5106 for August 1836, features a pattern for this type of tray-fitted library cabinet as a 'Pedestal portfolio stand' and lists its manufacturing cost as £13.2.6. It proved a popular and practical piece of furniture, and amongst related examples was one provided to Thomas Langford-Brooke (d. 1815) for the library at Mere Hall, Cheshire (sold Christie's house sale, 23 May 1994, lot 196); and one provided for the library at Tatton Park. A further related design for a portfolio stand is in Gillows' Estimate Sketch Books (ESB 344/102, 19 July 1828, no. 3671).