Lady's Workbox, 1808

The Lady's workbox in the Judges' Lodgings Museum, Lancaster, was made in 1808 in Lancaster by Gillows (trading as Robert Gillow and Brothers).

The recipient was Miss Elizabeth Gifford of Nerquis Hall.

As a result of Lancaster's Atlantic triangular trade, much timber was imported from the Caribbean.

[6] The workbox is decorated with marquetry using 72 "rare and curious woods".

Catalogue of the Specimens of Curious Woods (English and Foreign) Introduced in a W0RK- BOX, made for Miss GIFFARD, of Nerquis, by ROBERT GILLOW and BROTHERS, of Lancaster, in August, 1808.