'Carlton House' Desk
Gillows of Lancaster
- Art Funded
- 1983
- Dimensions
- 104 x 160 x 88 cm
- Vendor
- Christie's
A Carlton House Desk of mahogany, the drawers crossbanded with rosewood.
Based on a design for a a lady's drawing and writing table published by Sheraton in 1793. The prototype appears in the firm's Estimate Sketch Book in 1796. Stamped: Gillows Lancaster c 1800.
Provenance
?Earls of Derby, Knowsley Hall