Lot 46
46
AN IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY GAMES TABLE

MID-18TH CENTURY

Details
AN IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY GAMES TABLE
mid-18th century
The rectangular removable dished top reversing to a green baize-lined playing surface with four oval wells enclosing partitioned inlaid games surface, over one small drawer and a slide-out chessboard, the sides with two pull-out player's drawers, on molded cabriole legs and shaped feet, including two ivory dice cups, with replaced struts
28in. (71cm.) high, 32in. (81cm.) wide, 21in. (53.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Other tables of this unusual form include one illustrated in D. FitzGerald, 'Irish Furniture', The Irish Heritage Series, no. 16, 1978, pl. 24; one sold by Thomas George Burn, Rous Lench Court, Worcestershire, Sotheby's London, 3,4, and 7 July 1986, lot 985; and another sold in these Rooms, 9 October 1993, lot 319.