Y A REGENCY ROSEWOOD AND GILT METAL MOUNTED WRITING AND GAMES TABLEATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 1820The leather inset top with hinged ends enclosing recesses, flanking a central sliding section, the reverse leather inset and with a marquetry chequerboard, enclosing backgammon 73cm wide, 137cm wide, 63cm deepProvenance: Property from the Kingshott CollectionA closely related table was commissioned by Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson (1767-1818) for the library at Shugborough, Staffordshire and is illustrated in Christopher Hussey, English Country Houses, Mid Georgian, 1760-1800, 1955, pages 79-85, 'Shugborough, Staffordshire', fig 152, (Thomas Anson's Library Looking South), in the first decade of the 19th century when alterations were being carried out by the architect Samuel Wyatt (d1807). This table is attributed to the Gillows of Lancaster which firm had a close working relationship with the Wyatt dynasty of architects.For a closely related table see Bonhams, London, Fine English Furniture, 20th November 2007, lot 155 ((£15,600).