Furniture, Clocks & Works of Art
Furniture, Clocks & Works of Art
Property from the Curwen collections at Workington Hall, Ewanrigg Hall and Belle Isle, Cumbria
A George III boxwood and ebony strung rosewood crossbanded satinwood screen-table by Gillows, 1790
Auction Closed
November 9, 01:23 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Curwen collections at Workington Hall, Ewanrigg Hall and Belle Isle, Cumbria
A George III boxwood and ebony strung rosewood crossbanded satinwood screen-table by Gillows, 1790
the top with dummy drawer and concealed drawer to right return above a shaped undertier on square tapering legs, the reverse fitted with a frame for sliding screen
76.5cm. high, 55.5cm. wide, 43cm. deep; 2ft. 6¼in., 1ft. 9¾in., 1ft. 5in.
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John Christian Curwen (1756–1828) probably for Workington Hall, Cumbria;
Thence by descent.
Thence by descent.
Estimate Sketch Book, 12 August 1790, No. 14098, p. 642 (Westminster Archive Centre, 344/95);
E. W. Hodge, ‘Belle Isle – II, Westmorland’, Country Life, 10 August 1940, p. 121, fig. 5.
E. W. Hodge, ‘Belle Isle – II, Westmorland’, Country Life, 10 August 1940, p. 121, fig. 5.