A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDEBOARD ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS A superb late 18th century Hepplewhite period mahogany serpentine fronted sideboard of a rich faded colour having a shaped top above a central bow fronted long drawer with later oval brass handles and a shaped and fluted apron below with central leaf carving, flanked by two drawers fitted out as a cellaret, all with tulipwood cross-banding; on circular fluted tapering legs headed by stiff leaf carvings and terminating in spade feet. English, circa 1785 Height: 2 ft 11 ¾ in; 91 cm Width: 5 ft 11 ¾ in; 182.5 cm Depth: 2 ft 7 in; 79 cm Literature: George Hepplewhite, ‘The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide’, 3rd edition, 1794, plate 29. Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards, ‘The Dictionary of English Furniture’, 1954, Vol. III, p.134, fig. 27; a closely related sideboard. Susan E. Stuart, ‘Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840’, 2008, Vol. 1, p. 318, plate 361.