A SET OF FIVE IRISH GEORGE II WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS

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A SET OF FIVE IRISH GEORGE II WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

Each arched waisted back with shell-carved crestrail above a solid vase splat edged with acanthus, the bowed drop-in seat covered in floral needlework, on shell-carved cabriole legs with paw feet (5)

Lot Essay

A pair of similar chairs belonging to the Knight of Glin, Glin Castle, Co. Limerick are illustrated in his book Irish Furniture, 1978, no.23, and appear in a photograph of The Hall at Glin Castle in L. Synge, 'The Dubliners', The Antique Collector, p.71, fig.4. Another of this model from Forde Abbey, Porsetshire, is illustrated in H. Cescinsky, English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, vol.II, n.d., p.27, fig.9.