MID-19TH CENTURY

細節

AN IRISH EARLY VICTORIAN OAK HALL BENCH
MID-19TH CENTURY
The moulded seat with canted corners, with shaped panel with the crest of an armour-clad arm holding a knife, on faceted tapering legs and turned feet, restorations to the seat
18 in. (46 cm.) high; 68¼ in. (173.5 cm.) wide; 14¼ in. (36 cm.) deep

來源

Cornelius O'Callaghan (1775-1857), 1st Viscount Lismore, Shanbally Castle, Clogheen, Co. Tipperary.

注意事項

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拍品專文

This hall bench bears the crest of Cornelius O'Callaghan, 1st Viscount Lismore (1775-1857) of Shanbally Castle, County Tipperary, created 1st Viscount Lismore of Shanbally in 1806. The crest is also found on a set of hall chairs, offered anonymously, Christie's, London, 20 September 2001, lot 231.

Shanbally Castle was built around 1812 and was the largest of Nash's Irish country houses. It was designed in the Gothic style and set within a picturesque Reptonian demesne, reflected Nash and Repton's earlier collaboration, Luscombe Castle, Devon. After a valiant, but unsuccessful attempt by Hon. Edward Sackville-West (5th Baron Sackville) to rescue the castle, it was demolished in 1957 (M. Bence-Jones, Burkes Guide to Country Houses: Vol. I Ireland, London, 1978, p. 257; R. MacDonnell, The Lost Houses of Ireland, London, 2002, pp. 191-196).