A rare and attractive piece of Antique
Arts and Crafts furniture made by Shapland and Petter for Gillows
in the 19th century. The sideboard is of very high quality being made
of quarter cut solid oak.
The quarter cutting of oak produces
a very decorative figuring known as ‘medulary rays’. The
sideboard has a raised decorative back with turned finials, an undulating
frieze to the front and side and stands on 6 turned legs with small
pad feet.
There is a deep central drawer stamped
‘Gillows’ and a cupboard on each side with locks marked
‘Gillows Lancaster’. The left hand cupboard has a drawer
beneath and the right side has a dummy drawer and integral 6 division
sliding bottle rack.
The drawer linings are of solid oak
and of dovetail construction. The copper oxidized handles are of a
type exclusive to Shapland and Petter The sideboard is in excellent
original condition. Like many manufacturers their designers remained
anonymous.
See D. Bennett ‘Shapland &
Petter of Barnstable, Arts and Crafts Furniture’ for references
to Shapland & Petter making furniture for Gillows, (page 72).
'Shapland and Petter furniture has become increasingly sought after
by collectors and the prices of the best examples of decorated furniture
have continued to increase in recent years as more is known about
the company and their very distinctive style.
Whilst the company was highly innovative
in machine technology, they also employed many craftsmen who worked
with their hands in woodcarving, marquetry work, design and application
of decorative copperwork and other artistic embellishment in the true
Arts and Crafts tradition.'
Date : 1890
Dimensions :
Width 60" 153cm
Height 36" 91cm
Depth 24" 61cm
Price £1,450
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Our Reference: SN238
If you are interested in this Antique
Arts and Crafts Sideboard please contact
us at burrellsdesks@yahoo.co.uk quoting Reference SN238
