Lot 90
90
AN IRISH VICTORIAN MAHOGANY SETTEE of George III style, the tripartite back with waved foliate toprail above a pierced splat with ribbon-twist and oak-sprigs centred by a ho-ho bird, the cabochon-enriched outscrolled arms in the form of grotesque imbricated serpents above a drop-in seat covered in claret leather, the waved apron with central mask flanked by foliate sprays, on palmette-headed scrolled cabriole legs and hairy-paw feet

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AN IRISH VICTORIAN MAHOGANY SETTEE of George III style, the tripartite back with waved foliate toprail above a pierced splat with ribbon-twist and oak-sprigs centred by a ho-ho bird, the cabochon-enriched outscrolled arms in the form of grotesque imbricated serpents above a drop-in seat covered in claret leather, the waved apron with central mask flanked by foliate sprays, on palmette-headed scrolled cabriole legs and hairy-paw feet
71in. (180cm.) wide
Provenance
The O'Donel family, Newport House, Newport, Co. Mayo

Lot Essay

A set ot ten mahogany dining-chairs of this model from Wicklow Castle, Co.Wicklow, were offered at Hy. Duke and Son., Dorchester, on 29 October 1993 (result not known at time of printing)
A related settee with ribboned oak-leaf splats inhabited by a bird formed part of the H.P.Dean collection at Bridgefont House, Iver, Buckinghamshire. It is illustrated in P.Macquoid, The Age of Mahogany, London, 1906, fig.121 and was subsequently sold in these Rooms, 14 June 1909, lot 8

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