CIRCA 1755

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AN IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY TEA TABLE
CIRCA 1755
The tray top above a pounced frieze carved with scrolling flowers centered by a shell, raised on cabriole acanthus-carved legs terminating in paw feet
28 ½ in. (72.4 cm.) high, 31 ½ in. (80 cm.) wide, 20 ½ in. (52.1 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The form and ornament of this lovely tea table typifies Irish furniture of the mid-18th century. The stippled ground offsets the fluid carving with it's motifs of shells and eagle's heads. The leaf carved paw feet are also frequently featured. Related examples are illustrated in Glin and J. Peill, Irish Furniture, New Haven, 2007, p. 239 figs. 145-7. Further examples include one sold anonymously at Christie. London, 4 July 2002, lot 70 and another with a later marble top sold anonymously at Christie's, New York, 24 October 2013, lot 647.

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