A William IV Metamorphic Three Tier Buffet by Gillows
Ref: 15148
Sold.
Excellent original condition, four "Gillows" stamps to the base.
Circa 1835
Open:
Third Tier (Top)
W: 105 D: 54 H: 104.5 Cm
W: 41.2/8" D: 21.1/4" H 41.1/8"
Second Tier (Middle)
W: 102.5 D: 53 H: 75 cm
W: 40.1/4" D: 20.7/8" H: 29.1/2"
Third Tier (Bottom)
W: 95.5 D: 45.5 H: 41 cm
W: 37.1/2" D: 18.7/8" H: 16.1/4"
Distance Between Shelves
Top & Middle: 27 cm or 10.5/8"
Middle and Bottom: 25 cm or 9.13/16"
Closed:
W: 105 D: 54 H: 77 Cm
W: 41.2/8" D: 21.1/4" H: 30.1/4"
Gillows of Lancaster and London, also known as Gillow & Co, were English furniture makers based in Lancaster and London.
It was founded in Lancaster in the 1730s by Robert Gillow (1704–1772).
Gillows was owned by the family until 1814 when it was taken over by Redmayne, Whiteside, and Ferguson, they continued to use the Gillow name.
Gillows furniture is referred to by Jane Austen, Thackeray and the first Lord Lytton, and in one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operas. In 1903 Gillows merged with Warings of Liverpool to become Waring and Gillow.