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Look what Martin Fennelly Antiques has put up for sale on-line: <a href='http://www.fennelly.net/Item.aspx?id=23758'>009 Satinwood Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase Chest Drawers Gillows Lancaster Georgian</a> <img src='/images/no_image.jpg' alt='009 Satinwood Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase Chest Drawers Gillows Lancaster Georgian'/> <p class="Paragraph SCXW51980593 BCX2" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">Very fine example of a George III Sheraton Period West Indian Satinwood Secretaire Bookcase of museum quality, firmly attributed to Gillows of Lancaster, England. Last quarter of the Eighteenth Century.&nbsp;
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<p class="Paragraph SCXW51980593 BCX2" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">Height: (entire) 82&rdquo; (205.5cm). Width: 37&quot; (94cm). Depth: (upper) 12.5&rdquo; (32cm). Depth: (lower) 20.5&rdquo; (52cm).&nbsp;
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<p class="Paragraph SCXW51980593 BCX2" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">Provenance: Aristocratic Private collection Northern Ireland.<span class="EOP SCXW51980593 BCX2" style="line-height: 24.8208px;" data-ccp-props="{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}">&nbsp;
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<p class="Paragraph SCXW51980593 BCX2" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px;" lang="EN-US">The Gillow family of Cabinet Makers and Upholsters came to prominence with Richard Gillow (1733 &ndash; 1811), the son of Robert Gillow, founder of the firm. Gillow&rsquo;s reputation as one of the leading British cabinet making firms of the 18th and 19th centuries was established by contributions from some ten members of the family over three generations.<span class="EOP SCXW51980593 BCX2" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8208px; font-family: Calibri, &quot;Calibri_EmbeddedFont&quot;, &quot;Calibri_MSFontService&quot;, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 51, 0);" data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}">&nbsp;
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