Lot Essay
This table has characteristic Irish elongated scrolls at the top of the legs similar to other tables of the period, such as one at Malahide Castle, Dublin (see G. Kenyon, The Irish Furniture at Malahide Castle, Dublin, 1994, p. 97 and R. Hurst, 'Irish Influences on Cabinetmaking in Virginia's Rappahannock River Basin', American Furniture, 1997, p. 191, fig. 37).