CIRCA 1735

Details

A NEAR PAIR OF IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY SIDE TABLES
CIRCA 1735
Each with associated mottled grey marble top above a waved frieze centered by a shell, on foliate-carved cabriole legs and trifid feet, slight variations in construction, one with painted number 352 and with linen label to one cross brace HON WILSON / MAY 22 1923 (?) and numbered in ink 45, minor variations in construction
30 ¼ in. (76.8 cm.) high, 55 ¾ in. (141.6 cm.) wide, 26 ½ in. (67.3 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired from Mallett, London, 23 January 2009.

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Lot Essay

This elegant pair of tables displays various Irish characteristics: the shell motif which centers the gracefully shaped frieze and the trifid foot, so often seen in Irish furniture (see The Knight of Glin & J. Peill, Irish Furniture, New Haven & London, 2007). Tables that share these characteristics can be seen at Glin Castle, Co. Limerick and in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Boston.

CIRCA 1735

Lot Essay

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