AN IRISH EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE

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PROPERTY FROM THE LONDON RESIDENCE OF THE LATE SIR PAUL GETTY, K.B.E (LOTS 130-174)

AN IRISH EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE

CIRCA 1760

Details

AN IRISH EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE
CIRCA 1760
The rectangular moulded top above a plain frieze with apron centred by a lion's mask issuing swags of foliage and birds, on acanthus-headed cabriole legs with squared paw feet, previously decorated, the underside with various chalk inscriptions including '438' (crossed out) and '360'
30 in. (76 cm.) high; 60 in. (152.5 cm.) wide; 34½ in. (87.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

The Hon. Desmond Guinness, Leixlip Castle, Co. Kildare.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The naive Bacchic lion mask and swagged floral garlands supporting eagles are all typical of mid-18th century Irish tables. A mahogany side table, formerly in the collection of Lord Forteviot and now in the Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri, U.S.A. also has an apron centred by a lion-mask and garlands held in place by flowerheads (inv. no. 827:40). Little eagles, facing backwards, appear amoung the acanthus scrolls and flowers on a mahogany side table at Beaulieu, Co. Louth (illustrated in H. Montgomery-Massingberd & C. Simon Sykes, Great Houses of Ireland, London, 1999, p. 85).

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