Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection

A GEORGE IV GILTWOOD AND ROSEWOOD CONSOLE TABLE, CIRCA 1820, ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS

UK: Greenford Park WarehouseRestricted Species

Auction Closed

December 11, 04:05 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A GEORGE IV GILTWOOD AND ROSEWOOD CONSOLE TABLE, CIRCA 1820, ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS

with a Siena marble top, now in two sections, the back fitted with a mirror

93cm. high, 199cm. wide, 64cm. deep; 3ft. ½in., 6ft. 6½in., 2ft. 1in.

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Almost certainly acquired by Robert Berkeley (1764-1845), probably for the Dining Room and the marble possibly acquired by him in Italy

Inventory, 1893, ‘A Gilt-console Table with Sienna [sic] Marble top & glass above in gilt frame and ditto under a rosewood plinth’ in the Drawing Room;

Inventory, 1949, 'A gilt side table with marble top' in store in the Strong Room

This boldly carved console table was possibly made ensuite with a magnificent giltwood pier mirror, now hanging above the chimneypiece in the Library at Spetchley (see page 91). It is conceivable the beautiful Siena marble top was acquired by Robert Berkeley (1764-1845) in Italy whilst on his Grand Tour of 1816-1818.

The design of the mirror in the Library relates closely to a pencil drawing of a pier table and mirror designed by Gillow & Co. of 176 Oxford Street in circa 1810-30, now preserved in the collection of Lancaster City Museums. For an almost identical pier mirror attributed to Gillows, see Susan Stewart, Gillows of Lancaster and London, 1730-1840, Woodbridge, 2008, vol. II, p. 85, pl. 630.