THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A SET OF EIGHTEEN IRISH REGENCY MAHOGANY DINING BERGERES
Details
A SET OF EIGHTEEN IRISH REGENCY MAHOGANY DINING BERGERES
Each with curved padded caned back, sides and squab cushion covered in close-nailed red leather, the backs centred by two crests, on ring-turned tapering legs, restorations to tops of legs and to some seat-rails, with batten holes (18)
Each with curved padded caned back, sides and squab cushion covered in close-nailed red leather, the backs centred by two crests, on ring-turned tapering legs, restorations to tops of legs and to some seat-rails, with batten holes (18)
Provenance
Almost certainly supplied to the Rev. John Talbot (d. 1816) of Mount Talbot, co. Roscommon, Ireland, in 1816, when he assumed the additional name of Crosbie in accordance with the will of his maternal uncle, the 2nd and last Earl of Glandore (d. 1815)
The crest on the left in the back is that of Talbot (on a chapeau, az., turned up, erm., a lion passant, gu.) and that on the right is the crest of Crosbie (three swords, two in saltire, pommels upwards, and one erect, pommel downwards, ppr. hilted or, enwrapped by a snake also ppr.). The only feasible source for the combination of these two crests on a set of dining-chairs is the Rev. John Talbot. He inherited Ardfert Abbey in co. Kerry from his mother's brother who was the second and last Earl of Glandore. The wife of the first Earl of Glandore was famous for not paying her gambling debts; she was known as Owen Glendower (Owing Glandore). John Talbot had little time to get uses to his new name; he outlived his maternal uncle by less than two years.
Mount Talbot was an 18th century Palladian house which was transformed in the early 19th century into a hybrid Gothic and classical mansion. It was burnt down in 1922.
The crest on the left in the back is that of Talbot (on a chapeau, az., turned up, erm., a lion passant, gu.) and that on the right is the crest of Crosbie (three swords, two in saltire, pommels upwards, and one erect, pommel downwards, ppr. hilted or, enwrapped by a snake also ppr.). The only feasible source for the combination of these two crests on a set of dining-chairs is the Rev. John Talbot. He inherited Ardfert Abbey in co. Kerry from his mother's brother who was the second and last Earl of Glandore. The wife of the first Earl of Glandore was famous for not paying her gambling debts; she was known as Owen Glendower (Owing Glandore). John Talbot had little time to get uses to his new name; he outlived his maternal uncle by less than two years.
Mount Talbot was an 18th century Palladian house which was transformed in the early 19th century into a hybrid Gothic and classical mansion. It was burnt down in 1922.