Description
An Irish 18th century mahogany card table, the rectangular fold over top with shaped corners lined in baize above a plain frieze with a drawer, standing on cabriole legs headed by carved scallop shells with trailing acanthus and terminating in bold carved trifid feet.
Irish, circa 1750
Height: 27 3/4 in; (75 cm)
Width: 32 in; (85.3 cm)
Depth: 17 in; (43.2 cm)
Provenance:
Private collection, Dublin, Ireland
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. 235, Cat. 127, 128. P. 236, Cat. 129, 130, 131 for similar design card-tables.
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Rory Rogers +353 (0)87 221 3741
John Carroll +44 (0)7802 345 529
Email: info@rogersandcarroll.com
Rory Rogers +353 (0)87 221 3741
John Carroll +44 (0)7802 345 529
Email: info@rogersandcarroll.com
AN IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY CARD TABLE
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