AN IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY CONSOLE TABLE

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AN IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY CONSOLE TABLE
The rounded rectangular moulded top above a plain frieze and an acanthus-scrolled carved shaped apron centred by a scallop-shell, the sides centred by a shell, on cabriole legs headed by a shell above foliage, on paw feet, lacking the lower part of one shell to one side, with remains of 'A.& N. Aux.O.S.L.' depository label to the reverse inscribed in pencil '52', with three later grooves to the top for plates, the back frieze later
28½ in. (72.5 cm.) high; 41½ in. (105 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep
Sale room notice
The depth of the console table is 25 in. (63. 5 cm.) and not as stated in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

This table displaying the traditional squared Irish lion-paw foot below a hairy 'hock', has a scrolling acanthus apron with small incised dots following the flows of the acanthus. This type of console, attached to the wall through the back frieze, was quite common in Ireland in the mid-18th Century.

There are a related pair of console tables at Leixlip Castle, Dublin, and a there is a further related console table with a Kilkenny shale marble top, at Malahide Castle, Dublin, illustrated in G. Kenyon, The Irish Furniture at Malahide Castle, Dublin, 1994, pp.12-13.

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