Beschreibung:

A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY METAMORPHIC FOLIO STAND WITH ELEVATING DESK
ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOW & CO, CIRCA 1828
The outer folio divisions hinged to form reading stands, the bun feet with recessed brass casters
104.5cm high, 72cm wide, 72cm deep
See Susan Stuart, GILLOWS OF LANCASTER and LONDON 1730-1840, Antique Collectors' Club, 2008, p99, pl 645, for a Gillow & Co drawing of an identical 'Folio stand with elevating desk made for Ferguson & Co., the London partners, in December 1828. Folio stands were essential items for country house libraries, to store and support large books, etc.'
For a George IV folio stand of similar metamorphic folio/bookrest stand form see Christie's, The English Collector, London, 23rd May 2013, lot 224, (£8,750).