A George IV rosewood worktable, by Gillows of Lancaster, the drop-leaf top with a sliding and ratcheted reading/writing slope over two short drawers, one with an inkwell and pen tray, flanking two frieze drawers over a work basket, on turned reeded legs, 72cm wide 45cm deep 79cm high Literature: Susan E Stuart, 'Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840', plate 335, for a similar example. Eight slightly different versions of this popular model appear in Gillows' 'Estimate Sketch Books between 1825 and 1857'. Condition report: No obvious major faults.