AN IRISH GEORGE III STYLE CHEST

LATE 19TH CENTURY

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AN IRISH GEORGE III STYLE CHEST
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The moulded dentilled cornice above a blind fretwork frieze and eight graduated cockbeaded drawers on bracket feet, stamped '1091, Iveagh' and 'BUTLER, ANTIQUE FURNITURE WAREHOUSE, DUBLIN'; losses
61½ in. (154 cm.) high; 28.1.2 in. (73 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Almost certainly Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh (1847-1927), Elvedon Hall, Suffolk and thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

The firm of Michael Butler in Dublin specialised in embellishing and reproducing Irish 18th Century furniture and is recorded at this address in 1904-12 (D. FitzGerald, 'Dublin Directories and Trade Labels', Furniture History, 1985, p. 262). The firm worked extensively for the 1st Earl of Iveagh (d. 1927) and six pieces were included in the Elveden Hall house sale, Christie's, 21-24 May 1984.

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