Country Homes Antiques Scotland est 1985

SOLD A fine Gillows style large mahogany antique dining table.

A fine Gillows style Mahogany Extending Dining Table. The flame figured top composed of two D-end sections; each section with a beaded frieze on four turned legs with brass castors; two of the legs pulling out to support the extension leaves. 28¾” (73 cm) high, 39¼” (100 cm) wide, 57″ (145 cm) long extending to 105″ (267 cm) in length.

Condition. Excellent. We just had to replace a small piece of skirting beading to make perfect.

The sign of a genuine Gillows piece of furniture.

Unfortunately a very large portion of Gillows furniture was not stamped so you see pieces associated to Gillows, due to the style, and design. The Gillows stamp can sometimes be seen under table tops, on the top edges of drawers, on the back legs of chairs or sometimes the signature would be written in pencil under drawer linings by the cabinet makers of the firm. You can look in the Gillows books to see the names of cabinet makers to reference with their signatures.  The earliest marks were in the form of a printed label ‘Gillow and Taylor’ and this is very rare to find as they would rip or fall off over time. ‘Gillows Lancaster’ stamp was seen from the  1780s  up to around the 1850s/60s, when it was changes to ‘Gillow’. In the 1860s, the mark consisted of a capital L, and a serial number with Gillows Lancaster could be seen. Late Victorian pieces produced the stamp ‘Gillow & Co’ and then Waring & Gillow along with a small brass plate. sometimes it can be seen on brass fittings such as locks.