CIRCA 1820, POSSIBLY IRISH

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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY CENTRE TABLE
CIRCA 1820, POSSIBLY IRISH
The rectangular green baize-lined top with gadrooned edge and projecting corners above a reeded frieze and mahogany-lined end drawers, on acanthus-carved and trellis-incised scrolled legs and paw feet, one drawer stamped '8535'
32 in. (81 cm.) high; 67½ in. (171.5 cm.) wide; 35½ in. (90 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The library-table's architecture with Roman truss pilasters, wrapped by palms and acanthus foliage and terminating in Bacchic lion-paws, reflects the robust antique fashion of the early 19th century popularised by George Smith's, Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1826. Its drawer stamped with the number '8535' may imply that it once belonged to Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh (d. 1927) who used four figure inventory numbers (see an Irish table offered anonymously, Christie's, London, 11 November 1999, lot 180).

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