IN THE MANNER OF JOHN WISDOM OF DUBLIN, CIRCA 1780

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AN IRISH GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND BURR-YEWWOOD CARD TABLE
IN THE MANNER OF JOHN WISDOM OF DUBLIN, CIRCA 1780
The demi-lune top with central inlaid acorn and oak leaf motif and radial veneers with a scalloped edge meeting a floral marquetry border, crossbanded in rosewood and enclosing a later green baize-lined surface above a plain frieze and double gateleg action on square tapering legs terminating in brass caps and castors
32 in. (81 cm.) high; 39½ in. (100 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep, not extended

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Lot Essay

A pier table with a similar radially veneered satinwood top and scalloped burr-yewwood banding by John Wisdom of Dublin, circa 1790, was supplied to Thomas Cobbe for Newbridge House, County Dublin (The Knight of Glin and J. Peill, Irish Furniture, London, 2007, p.167, pl. 228.). Interestingly, yewwood was a leitmotif of the London cabinet-makers, Mayhew and Ince, whose pupil William Moore left London to set up his own business in Dublin.

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