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Lot Essay
The pier tables are decorated with a variety of motifs associated with William Moore of Dublin (d. 1814), from around 1781 the pre-eminent cabinet-maker and marqueteur in Ireland. Moore was apprenticed to the celebrated firm of Mayhew & Ince of Golden Square, London, and unsurprisingly, his neo-classical marquetry is closely related to that of his former masters, indeed, in his trade advertisement Moore particularly emphasized his long experience at Mayhew & Ince.
Many of the same, or similar, Adam-derived motifs are common to the furniture of both Moore and Mayhew & Ince, including the radiating fan motif and husk trails found on the present table. The present lot displays a distinctive, somewhat emaciated anthemion or honeysuckle motif both on its top and frieze and the spindly tendrils that fill the top, both of which are characteristic of Moore's work and the ground wood is of distinctively striated timber. An unusual feature sees the the husk swags apparently threaded through flowerheads rather than draped over them while the unusual twig-like marquetry on the frieze may represent samphire, a plant that grows on southern and western coasts in Ireland.
See also lots 563, 600 and 653.
Many of the same, or similar, Adam-derived motifs are common to the furniture of both Moore and Mayhew & Ince, including the radiating fan motif and husk trails found on the present table. The present lot displays a distinctive, somewhat emaciated anthemion or honeysuckle motif both on its top and frieze and the spindly tendrils that fill the top, both of which are characteristic of Moore's work and the ground wood is of distinctively striated timber. An unusual feature sees the the husk swags apparently threaded through flowerheads rather than draped over them while the unusual twig-like marquetry on the frieze may represent samphire, a plant that grows on southern and western coasts in Ireland.
See also lots 563, 600 and 653.