A PAIR OF GEORGE II WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT SIDE TABLES

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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY (LOTS 159-162)

细节

A PAIR OF GEORGE II WHITE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT SIDE TABLES
Each with later Beyrede Sarrancolin marble top above a leaf-moulded frieze centred by an apron of a flowering basket issuing acanthus, on trellis-patterned cabriole legs with rush-woven basket capitals and outscrolled feet on rockwork pads, redecorated, with black and red numberings to one '2937', the other numbered '8691' and indistinctly '2937', chalk inscription to both 'DRAWING ROOM', black ink inscription to one 'B', altered from a larger table/s and incorporating some later elements
34¼ in. (87 cm.) high; 50 in. (127 cm.) wide; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) deep (2)

来源

The Hon. Mrs. Aileen Plunket, Luttrellstown Castle, Clonsilla, Co. Dublin, sold Christie's house sale, 26-28 September 1983, lot 42 (IR£32,400 inc. premium) (where bought by the present owner).

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拍品专文

The romantic Gothic castle at Luttrelstown is one of the finest demesnes in Ireland. The house and estate was bought by Ernest Guinness for his daughter Aileen Plunket, and from the 1950s, along with the inspired decorating skills of Felix Harbord, she transformed its interiors. She and Harbord bought many pieces from Country House sales and lot 162 in the present sale is thought to have come from Wilton House, Salisbury, seat of the Earls of Pembroke. The present pair of tables were situated in the dining-room at Luttrelstown.