Style of GILLOWS OF LANCASTER & LONDON (1730-1903)

Mahogany "Gillows" Style Music Stand. (c. 1810 UK.)

Mahogany 'Gillows' Style Music Stand. (UK.)

Item Stock Code

1086

Item Medium Description

Mahogany.

European Dimensions

47.30 cm wide 103.40 cm high 39.00 cm deep

UK/USA Converted Dimensions

18.62 inches wide 40.71 inches high 15.35 inches deep

Item Description / Dealer Expertise

A fine Regency mahogany and ebony inlaid "Gillows" design music or reading stand.

The stand when not raised or tipped and with the rest removed looks like a normal Regency tripod table with an oblong top.

The tripod base has ebony inlay and stands on three brass ball feet while the reeded column has ebony turned decoration above and below.

The top of the tripod support has a brass collar with a locking pin which allows the table to be raised and lowered.

The table top is fitted to a small platform which has a release catch to allow it to be tipped and a brass arm which can be locked at your desired angle.

The rest is a replacement made out of period timber and the table has been sympathetically repolished. (Circa 1810)

Height Raised 103.4cm (40.7 inches)
Height Lowered 77.9cm (30.7 inches)
Width 47.3cm (18.6 inches)
Depth 39cm (15.4 inches)

GILLOWS OF LANCASTER & LONDON

Type	Artist/Maker
Country of origin	England
Started working	1730
Stopped working	1903

Furniture makers: In about 1695 Robert Gillow founded his firm in Lancaster. His son, Richard, was taken into partnership in 1757. The firm opened a London branch in Oxford Street about 1777.
Noble commissions came and in 1800, Richard Gillows took over a patent for an extending dining table which further enhanced the firm's reputation. The history of Gillows is exceptionally complete, as nearly all the order books and salesman's archives still exist. We know that the practice of stamping GILLOWS. LANCASTER started in around 1780 and continued until 1817, which might seem surprisingly early as the design seems to reflect the taste of the early Victorian era, yet it is twenty to thirty years ahead of its time.

Today, it is difficult to comprehend the range of Gillows' business at this time. They traded not only in finished furniture, but also in timber from the West Indies along with sugar and spirits from the same region. They undertook architectural joinery and fitted out entire buildings, providing wall papers, fixtures and fittings. Their salesmen toured the country with books of illustrations lavishly coloured to tempt buyers. Gilllows even pioneered 'flat-packing' in order to offer their clients a reduced price. There was no corner of the furniture trade they did not thoroughly exploit. Between 1780 and 1830, they were the furniture trade, leading in price, fashion and even work practices.

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