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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR JASPER & LADY MORE, LINLEY HALL, SHROPSHIRE (LOTS 130-133)

AN IRISH MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE

PROBABLY BY JAMES HICKS OF DUBLIN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Details

AN IRISH MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE
PROBABLY BY JAMES HICKS OF DUBLIN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
In the 'Chinese Chippendale style', the rectangular top above strapwork and fretwork frieze centred by acanthus leaf within scroll border, on square blind-fret legs, headed by lambrequins, terminating in square block feet, with remains of old inventory label 'H.J.H.E' to the underside
32 in. (81 cm.) high: 62 ¼ in. (158.5 cm.) wide; 29 ½ in. (75 cm.) deep

Provenance

Lt. Col. Herbert James Hope-Edwardes, Netley Hall, Shropshire, and by descent to
Lady More (née Hope-Edwardes, formerly Coldwell) at Netley Hall, and subsequently Linley Hall, Shropshire, and by descent to the present owner.

Literature

A. Oswald, 'Linley Hall, Shropshire -II, The Home of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper More.', Country Life, 14 September, 1961, p. 560, illustrated in the Saloon.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

A pair of related tables with similar finely carved geometric friezes, attributed to James Hicks of Dublin, were sold from the collection of the McGrath family, Cabinteely House, Co. Dublin, Christie's house sale, 5-6 November 1984, lot 102, and are now in the Christie's Boardroom, King Street, London.

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