Y A REGENCY ROSEWOOD & BRASS MARQUETRY SIDE CABINETATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS, CIRCA 181594cm high, 173cm wide, 43.5cm deepThis fine cabinet can be firmly attributed to the illustrious furniture makers, Gillows of Lancaster & London, who were renowned for their exceptional craftsmanship as well as for their use of the finest timbers. The inclusion of the rich brass 'buhl' or 'trelliswork' inlay suggests an early Regency date; this mode of decoration, harking back to the ancient régime reign of 'The Sun King', was particularly agreeable to the Francophile inclinations of George, Prince of Wales (d. 1830). This type of ornamentation features throughout Gillows' oeuvre of the second decade of the 19th century, including pieces supplied with both 'première' and 'contre partie' inlay in May 1813 to William Powlett, 2nd Baron Bolton (d. 1850), for Hackwood Park, Hampshire, and to other pieces almost certainly by Gillows based on designs in the Estimate Sketch Books, formerly at Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire. One of the most important Gillows' library commissions was for Wilbraham Egerton, which included 'trelliswork panels in the form of 'brass circles' and brass mouldings for the doors etc., were sent from London', now on display at Tatton Park, Cheshire. The presence of brass inlay on furniture possibly suggests production at Gillows' London workshop as metalwork was a specialised trade generally carried on in the neighbourhood of St. Martin's Lane and Long Acre (ibid., p. 375, pl. 444).A closely related cabinet was sold, Christies Important English Furniture, London 6th April 2000, lot 109 £64,250.