the rounded rectangular drop-leaf top above two drawers, with opposing dummy drawers, on a spindle-trestle frame supported by splayed legs ending in cast brass cappings and castors, later handles

West Horsley Place, Surrey, Inventory, 1938, Vol. 1, p.3, in the Morning Room;  A 2ft 3” mahogany and rosewood banded Sofa Table on spindle and square standards, with 2 drawers and wood knobs.

Super quality. Losses to rosewood crossbanding. Evidence of worm. Generally in good condition although with old marks and scratches from age and use.
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This elegant sofa table can be confidently attributed to Gillows of London and Lancaster on stylistic grounds. A design from Gillows’ 1818 Estimate Sketch Book displays near identical turned spindle-trestle supports above a lozenge panel with similarly reeded downswept legs ending in palm-wrapped cappings (G. Wills, Craftsmen and Cabinet-Makers of Classic English Furniture, Edinburgh, 1974, p. 118, fig. 109). A related rosewood sofa table attributed to Gillows was sold Christie’s, London, 27 November 2003, lot 64, and a satinwood and calamander example was sold Christie’s, New York, 9 April 2003, lot 54.