THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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AN IRISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY CARD-TABLE
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The rounded rectangular twin-flap top enclosing a green baize-lined playing-surface above a waved frieze, on shell-headed slightly cabriole legs with squared paw feet, chip to back right foot
28½ in. (72.5 cm.) high; 36 in. (91.5 cm) wide; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The card-table has many features particular to 18th century Irish furniture including the waved apron, the extended scroll at the top of the leg and the squared lion's paw foot. It's legs also feature a bulging muscle or 'hock' just above the foot. A similar table was in the collection of the Earls of Huntingdon, Sharavogue, Co. Offaly and sold by a descendant of that family, The Lady Selina Hastings, Christie's, London, 23 April 1998, lot 109.

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