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POSSIBLY IRISH
Details
A MID-GEORGIAN YEW-WOOD SIDE TABLE
Possibly Irish
The rectangular moulded top above a cavetto frieze, on shell-carved cabriole legs on pad feet, with chalk inscription to the underside '208'
32¼ in. (82 cm.) high; 61¾ in. (157 cm.) wide; 36½ in. (93 cm.) deep
Possibly Irish
The rectangular moulded top above a cavetto frieze, on shell-carved cabriole legs on pad feet, with chalk inscription to the underside '208'
32¼ in. (82 cm.) high; 61¾ in. (157 cm.) wide; 36½ in. (93 cm.) deep
Literature
F. Lewis Hinckley, A Directory of Antique Furniture, New York, 1953, p. 222, fig. 683.
Special notice
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Sale room notice
This side table was almost certainly supplied to Clive of India, the 1st Baron Clive of Plassey (d.1774), for Walcot Hall, Shropshire. Originally part of a pair, they passed by descent at Walcot to the 4th Earl of Powis, by whom they were sold in Harrods house sale, 22-26 July 1929, lot 698:
'A pair of rare old Queen Anne side tables; of yew wood with grooved rims and shaped legs, with club feet, the knees are carved with escallop shells in relief, in excellent preservation. (5ft 3 by 3ft 1)'.
The pair were subsequently with Frank Partridge, New York, and were sold from the collection of Mrs Ogden Reid, Parke Bernet New York, 22-24 March 1951, lot 547. Although the catalogue of that sale makes no mention of Walcot, it does specifically mention that the tables belonged to Clive of India.
'A pair of rare old Queen Anne side tables; of yew wood with grooved rims and shaped legs, with club feet, the knees are carved with escallop shells in relief, in excellent preservation. (5ft 3 by 3ft 1)'.
The pair were subsequently with Frank Partridge, New York, and were sold from the collection of Mrs Ogden Reid, Parke Bernet New York, 22-24 March 1951, lot 547. Although the catalogue of that sale makes no mention of Walcot, it does specifically mention that the tables belonged to Clive of India.