Y A GEORGE III SATINWOOD SOFA TABLEATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 179073cm high, 109cm wide, with leaves raised 166cm wide, 60cm deepThe distinctive and elegant shape of the downswept legs and underlying stretcher of this sofa table are 'signature' features of examples made by Gillows. The sofa table bearsparison to a pair of tables supplied by Gillows of Oxford Street in 1803 to Stephen Tempest for Broughton Hall, Yorkshire, also featuring the distinctive curved stretchers though the latter were fitted with games boards within the drawers (see Susan Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730 - 1840, Woodbridge, 2008, p. 264, pl. 268). For a closely related satinwood sofa table, see Christie's, Important English Furniture, 1st July 2004, lot 95 (35,850).