Super Gillows Carved Walnut Bedroom Suite

A very good quality walnut bedroom suite attributed to Gillows of Lancaster and dating to the late 19th/early 20th century. With gilded handles and crisply carved with ribbon tied trailing foliage, stylised Celtic style ropework circles, further Celtic banding to legs and feet and delicate tulip mouldings around the panelling. Writing to the cornice and plinth of the wardrobe suggests the suite might have been owned or made for Lady Docker and the quality would be consistent with that provenance.

Comprising a breakfront fitted wardrobe with egg and dart carved cornice and central mirror door with mistletoe carvings to the arch, it has a super fitted interior with various drawers and sliding trays and flanked by a 19 3.4in (50cm) deep hanging space to each side. The dressing table has a large quarter veneered top with scroll carved gallery to the back and three section mirror with carved flaming torch to the top and similar flaming urn to the stretchers below. The tallboy also has a gallery to the back and has a cupboard to the top with three graduated drawers below and brass caps to the front legs.

In excellent condition and fitted throughout with ‘Crofts Assinder English Hand Made’ locks with original gilded keys, all mirrors are bevelled and only have a few minor spots. On the dressing table there is a small nick out the finial on the left mirror support and a chip out the stretcher below in front the urn, the top surface has some marks and fading and a drying line above the right and centre drawer divide. The tallboy is faded between the top two drawers and to the doors and legs and has lost a ‘drop’ to a bottom handle. Still a very handsome suite with one of the best wardrobe interiors we have seen.

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The overall dimensions at the largest points are approximately (width x depth x height)

Wardrobe - 75in x 25in x 79 1/2in (190.5cm x 63.5cm x 202cm)

Wardrobe hanging depth - 19 3/4in (50cm)

Dressing table - 60 3/4in x 23 3/4in x 71 1/2in (154.5cm x 60cm x 181.5cm)

Tallboy - 36in x 27 3/4in x 55 1/2in (91cm x 57.5cm x 141cm)

Ref: 0454

Delivery:

We can arrange to deliver this to most UK mainland destinations for £120.

When buying it is important appreciate antiques have long histories of daily use and as such, over time they gain minor scratches, marks, knocks, shrinkage splits, signs of old woodworm, lifts and losses to veneer, which combine with care and years of polishing to create an individual character and patina. We describe the main flaws and those that fall outside of this bracket but cannot describe each marks separately and therefore suggest you do take the time to request extra photos. We do offer a 14 day money back guarantee if you are unhappy with your purchase but cannot refund the return shipping cost. If you are not sure please do not buy without clarifying or take the view that the only way to have it as near to new as possible is to have it fully and comprehensively restored.

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