Description
An Important 18th century carved mahogany Irish card table,the rounded rectangular fold over top top lined in baize above a plain frieze,the carved apron with scrolling acanthus on a punched ground and centered by a portrait medallion cartouche,the conforming aprons to each side centered by a flower flanked by eagles heads,on acanthus carved cabriole legs with eagles heads terminating in paw feet with acanthus carved hocks.
Irish, circa 1750
Height: 29 3/4 in; (75.5 cm)
Width: 34 1/4 in; (87 cm)
Depth: 17 1/2 in; (44.5 cm)
Provenance:
Private collection, England.
Literature:
The Knight of Glin and James Peill, Irish Furniture: Woodwork and Carving in Ireland from the Earliest times to the Act of Union, New Haven and London, 2007, P.74 (fig.88, 89) P.75 (fig.90) P. 233 Cat 199 for pieces of Irish furniture with related carved portrait medallions.
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John Carroll +44 (0)7802 345 529
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AN IMPORTANT IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY CARD TABLE
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