Strauss & co - 8 - 11 November 2020

207 An Edwardian mahogany and satinwood inlaid card table the demi-lune top inlaid with a shell with radiating ribbon-tied pen-and-ink garlands of flowers heightened with colour, the crossbanding inlaid with ribbons and foliage, enclosing a green baize-lined playing surface above a conforming frieze, on tapering square-section legs similarly inlaid and headed by foliate paterae, on spade feet, restorations, 76cm high, 92cmwide, 46cm deep R15 000 - 20 000 208 A needlework and mahogany stool rectangular, on ring-turned tapering legs with brass capping and castors, 40cm high, 110cmwide, 70cm deep R7 000 - 9 000 209 An Edwardian mahogany armchair retailed by Gillows, Lancaster the shield-shaped back with three leaf- shaped splats carved with foliage, the central splat with an oval shell patera, downcurved arms, stuff-over seat, on square-section tapering legs with spade feet, inlaid throughout with stringing, the front legs with coloured inlays of bellflowers, ribbons and paterae, numbered L26740, stamped ‘Gillows Lancaster’ R6 000 - 8 000 LITERATURE cf. Stuart, S. E. (2008) GILLOWS of Lancaster and London 1730 - 1840 , Antique Collectors’ Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, page 164, plate 121. 210 An Edwardian mahogany and inlaid chest-on-chest the moulded outset cornice above a pair of short drawers and three long drawers, the lower half with three graduated drawers, each drawer inlaid in satinwood with a pair of putti holding floral swags within inlaid borders, on bracket feet, restorations, veneer loss,194cm high, 121cmwide, 60,5cm deep R20 000 - 30 000 207 208 209 210 64