A GEORGE I GILTWOOD AND BLACK-PAINTED CABINET STAND

WITH TRADE LABEL OF DANIEL EGAN

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A GEORGE I GILTWOOD AND BLACK-PAINTED CABINET STAND
With trade label of Daniel Egan
The later rectangular breakfront inset removable top with scrolling foliate strapwork borders and centered by flowers and shells, (with alternative later white marble top), above a shell-carved frieze, on cabriole legs and foliate bun feet, the underside with printed paper label 'DANIEL EGAN CARVER GILDER', restorations and replacements to gesso, losses, the freize re-framed and the top probably made by Daniel Egan
29¼ in. (47 cm.) high; 66¾ in. (169.5 cm.) wide; 19¼ in. (49 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The stand is likely to have served for a break-front cabinet that may have been marble-enriched. With its reed-gadrooned cornice, serpentined feet and acanthus embellishments, it relates in particular to the George I gessoed table at Erdigg, Denbigshire, which was photographed by Country Life, around 1920, and attributed to James Moore (d. 1726), see R. Edwards and M. Jourdain, Georgian Cabinet-Makers 1700-1800 , London 1955, rev. ed. pp. 44 and 131, pl. 136. The Dublin carving and gilding firm of Daniel Egan was trading as dealers in works of art and furniture, at Lower Ormond Quay from 1914 and at St. Stephens Green from 1930.

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