OF GEORGE II STYLE, POSSIBLY BY M. BUTLER OF DUBLIN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A SET OF EIGHT IRISH MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
Of George II style, possibly by M. Butler of Dublin, late 19th Century
Including two open armchairs, each with a foliage and shell-carved serpentine toprail above a pierced shaped vertical splat and a drop-in seat covered in foliate material, the armchairs with scrolled eagle-head terminals, above a foliage-carved shaped apron, on cabriole legs and square paw feet (8)

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Lot Essay

This set of chairs, possibly made by a firm such as Michael Butler of Dublin, have many of the characteristics of Irish furniture and are closely based on Irish chairs of the mid-18th Century. The square lion-paw foot, flatly carved apron and pierced vase-shaped splat and 'open' scrolls at the top of the legs are all features found on Irish furniture, as well as the scrolling Jupiter's eagle on the arms, often seen on 18th Century Irish mirrors. The Butler firm specialized in reproducing Irish 18th Century furniture as well as retailing furniture.
There is a related 18th Century chair at Malahide Castle, Dublin illustrated in G. Kenyon, The Irish Furniture at Malahide Castle, Dublin, 1994, pp. 92-92.

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