AN IRISH MID-GEORGIAN YEW-WOOD CARD-TABLE, the rectangular top with lobed corners, the baize-lined interior with candle-stands and counter-wells, the shaped frieze centred by a lion-mask with bared teech, flanked by flowerheads, on tapering cabriole legs headed by scallop shells and pendant acanthus leaves, flanked by eagles' heads, on paw feet | Christie's

Lot 109

109

AN IRISH MID-GEORGIAN YEW-WOOD CARD-TABLE, the rectangular top with lobed corners, the baize-lined interior with candle-stands and counter-wells, the shaped frieze centred by a lion-mask with bared teech, flanked by flowerheads, on tapering cabriole legs headed by scallop shells and pendant acanthus leaves, flanked by eagles' heads, on paw feet

Details

AN IRISH MID-GEORGIAN YEW-WOOD CARD-TABLE, the rectangular top with lobed corners, the baize-lined interior with candle-stands and counter-wells, the shaped frieze centred by a lion-mask with bared teech, flanked by flowerheads, on tapering cabriole legs headed by scallop shells and pendant acanthus leaves, flanked by eagles' heads, on paw feet
34½in. (87.5cm.) wide; 17¼in. (44cm.) deep; 29in. (74cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired by the mid-1950s

Literature

R.W. Symonds, 'Furniture-Making in 18th Century Ireland', Country Life, 14 March 1952, p.741, figs. 3 and 4

More from Messer Collection of English Furniture

View All

View All