Lot Essay
The card-table, with its destinctive Irish squared paw feet, Venus shell-enriched frieze and elongated scrolls, relates to one sold anonymously, Sotheby's London, 12 November 1999, lot 76.
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AN IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY CARD-TABLE
The rounded eared rectangular hinged top enclosing a green baize-lined playing-surface with four oval counter-wells and four circular candle-stands, above a plain frieze centred by a shell, on cabriole legs headed by shells, on square paw feet, two ears replaced
28¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 35¾ in. (90.5 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep, closed
The rounded eared rectangular hinged top enclosing a green baize-lined playing-surface with four oval counter-wells and four circular candle-stands, above a plain frieze centred by a shell, on cabriole legs headed by shells, on square paw feet, two ears replaced
28¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 35¾ in. (90.5 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43 cm.) deep, closed
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