Lot 275
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AN IRISH GEORGE III SATINWOOD, YEWWOOD AND MARQUETRY SEMI-ELLIPTICAL SIDE TABLE
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AN IRISH GEORGE III SATINWOOD, YEWWOOD AND MARQUETRY SEMI-ELLIPTICAL SIDE TABLE

ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN WISDOM, CIRCA 1780-90

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AN IRISH GEORGE III SATINWOOD, YEWWOOD AND MARQUETRY SEMI-ELLIPTICAL SIDE TABLE
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN WISDOM, CIRCA 1780-90
Tulipwood and amaranth crossbanded overall, the shaped top centred by a fan and with a chequer-strung edge above a conforming frieze centred by a shell-inlaid tablet on square tapering legs, branded twice 'MONTAGUE J GUEST' and with partial paper label, the feet tipped
71 in. (180 cm.) wide; 33 in. (84 cm.) high; 21 in. (53 cm) deep
Provenance
Montague J. Guest (d.1909)

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Lot Essay

John Wisdom, cabinet-maker and upholder of 21 Jervis Street, Dublin supplied a similar table to Thomas Cobbe for Newbridge in 1790. The Newbridge accounts record a payment for 'A table of satinwood from J.Wisdom £5.13.9'. The table, closely related to the present example, is illustrated in The Knight of Glin and J.Peill, Irish Furniture, London, 2007, p.167, pl.228.

Montague Guest (1839-1909), third son of Sir John Josiah Guest, 1st Baronet, was Liberal Member of Parliament for Youghall from 1869-74, and for Wareham from 1880-85.

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