AN IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE

CIRCA 1750

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AN IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE
Circa 1750
The later rectangular grey, salmon and white marble top, above a frieze with a deep carved apron, centered by a shell flanked by elongated foliate scrolls and ruffled leaves on diapered panels, the sides similarly carved, on cabriole legs decorated in the round, headed by confronting C-scrolls and pendant foliage on a ruffled ground, the lower sections with diapered panels and acanthus and foliate platforms, the inner edge with diamond-cut panels over ruffles, on scrolling feet, with old paper label inscribed in pencil 1320
33in. (84cm.) high, 43½in. (111cm.) wide, 27in. (68.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The unusual combination of ruffled cartouches and diaper-etched panels appears on a pair of Irish armchairs of a slightly later date and therefore of slightly less boldly conceived, sold from the Estate of the late Sir John Gooch, 12th Bt., Benacre Hall, Suffolk, Sotheby's house sale, 9-11 May 2000, lot 99 (£157,500). A related Irish side table from Luttrellstown castle, Co.Dublin exhibiting similar broadly carved scrolls and serpentine legs terminating in foliate hollow-sided plinths was sold, the property of a Nobleman, Christie's London, 8 July 1999, lot 105 (£51,000).

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