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.
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.