These richly-carved pelmets, with festive satyr-masks framed by arabesque acanthus-scrolls terminating in eagle and griffin heads, may possibly have formed part of the furnishings introduced to Longford Castle following the marriage in 1840 of Jacob, 4th Earl of Radnor (d.1889) to Lady Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston.
The design relates to the French/Renaissance style such as featured in pelmet patterns published in Henry Whitaker's Practical Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Treasury of Designs, 1847 (see: E. Joy, Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Designs, Woodbridge, 1977, p. 565). The Saloon at Longford Castle was altered later in the 19th Century by Salvin but it is possible that these pelmets are survivals of an earlier scheme.