LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF MAHOGANY AND ROSEWOOD CROSSBANDED CHEVERETS
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each with a portable upper book stand with two short and one long drawer, on a base with a frieze drawer and shaped undertier below, on square tapering line inlaid legs with spade feet, minor differences and with losses
Each 44in. (113cm.) high, 21in. (53cm.) wide, 17½in. (44cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

This lady's work-table with removable book tray relates to the Gillows design for a 'Sheveret' table of 1790. See L. Boynton (ed.), Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, fig. 150 and p. 170.
A mahogany cheveret with boxwood and ebony lines was sold from The Doris Duke Collection, Christies, New York, 3-5 June, 2004, lot 889.

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