Lot 191
A Nest of Regency Specimen Wood Quartetto Tables, in the manner of Gillow, early 19th century, of graduated rectangular form comprising rosewood, birch, amboyna and walnut, on spindle turned legs joined by stretchers, the smallest with games top and curved shelf to the base, the largest 59cm by 40cm by 75cm For a nest of similar tables supplied by Gillows to William Senhouse, c.1810, see Beard (G) & Goodison (J) English Furniture 1500-1840, 1987, p 254, fig.3; and Edwards (R) and Jourdain (M) Georgian Cabinet-Makers, rev. ed., London, 1955, p.221, fig.193. Also see Christie's, 27 March 2007, lot 233 for an almost identical nest of tables
