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AN IRISH GEORGE II WALNUT GAMES-TABLE

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AN IRISH GEORGE II WALNUT GAMES-TABLE
THE REVERSIBLE RECTANGULAR TRAY-TOP WITH A PLAIN SIDE AND A SIDE WITH FOUR COUNTER-WELLS, ENCLOSING A BACKGAMMON BOARD, THE FRIEZE WITH CHESS-BOARD, THE ENDS WITH CANDLE-SLIDES, ON CABRIOLE LEGS HEADED BY SCALLOP-SHELLS, ON CLAW-AND-BALL FEET, LACKING HALF OF ONE FOOT
33 IN. (84 CM.) WIDE; 29½ IN. (79 CM.) HIGH; 21 IN. (53 CM.) DEEP
注意事項
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium.

拍品專文

OTHER TABLES OF THIS UNUSUAL FORM INCLUDE ONE AT GLIN CASTLE, CO. LIMERICK, ILLUSTRATED IN D. FITZGERALD, 'IRISH FURNITURE', THE IRISH HERITAGE SERIES, 1978, NO. 16, PL. 24. IT HAS RECENTLY BEEN ILLUSTRATED AGAIN IN THE CONTEXT OF THE IRISH INFLUENCE ON VIRGINIAN FURNITURE (RONALD L. HURST, 'IRISH INFLUENCES ON CABINETMAKING IN VIRGINIA'S RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER BASIN', AMERICAN FURNITURE, 1997, P 175, FIG. 9). ANOTHER OF THE PLAIN STYLE OF THE GLIN TABLE WAS SOLD BY THE MARY C. BELIN TRUST, CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK, 12 OCTOBER 1996, LOT 46.
A TABLE OF THIS FORM AND WITH CLAW-AND-BALL FEET (MOST OF THE OTHERS HAVE PANELLED, ALMOST OCTAGONAL, FEET) AND INLAID WITH DISTINCTIVELY IRISH ARABESQUE MARQUETRY ON THE KNEES WAS SOLD ANONYMOUSLY, CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK, 9 OCTOBER 1993, LOT 319.
A TABLE, CATALOGUED AS YEWWOOD, BUT POSSIBLY MADE OF ARBUTUS WOOD, WAS SOLD FROM THE ROUS LENCH COLLECTION, SOTHEBY'S LONDON, 3-7 JULY 1986, LOT 985.