SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, ONE BY KEARNEYS, THE OTHER BY WILLIAMS AND GIBTON

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A MATCHED PAIR OF IRISH MAHOGANY CHEVAL MIRRORS
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, ONE BY KEARNEYS, THE OTHER BY WILLIAMS
AND GIBTON
Each with tapering panelled supports and shaped and stepped bases with turned feet and castors, one labelled to the reverse 'WILLIAMS & GIBTON,/Upholsterers & Cabinet Makers/TO HIS MAJESTY,/His Excellency The Lord Lieutenant. And the Rt Honble 7 Honble His Majesty's board
of Works 39 Stafford St DUBLIN
62in. (157cm.) high, 34½in. (88cm.) wide, 24in. (61cm.) deep, the other labelled 'KEARNEY,/CARVER, GILDER & LOOKING GLASS MAKER,/to His Majesty/& His Excellency/the Lord Lieutenant/No 49 Henry Street DUBLIN'
65in. (165cm.) high, 33½in. (85cm.) wide, 24in. (61cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

kearney, carver, gilder and looking glass maker to His Majesty, was manufacturing at 49 Henry Street between 1804 and 1819.

Zachariah Williams and William Gibton traded in partnership after the death of John Mack in 1829, until Gibton's death in 1842.

The conflicting dates of manufacture implied by the labels, and the minor differences in size and detail suggest that one of these cheval mirrors was made to match an existing example.

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