AN IRISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY CENTRE TABLE

CIRCA 1760

Details

AN IRISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY CENTRE TABLE
CIRCA 1760
The rectangular moulded top above a pierced frieze carved with eagle's head and foliage centred by a scallop shell, on cabriole legs and claw-and-ball feet, the ankles cut
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 56½ in. (143.5 cm.) wide; 32 in. (81 cm.) deep

Provenance

George Nathaniel, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (d. 1925) and by descent.
Christie's London, 22 January 2009, lot 115.

Sale Room Notice

Please note this table was originally a side table and has been made into a centre table with the addition of a replaced carved frieze to the reverse and a later moulded top.

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Lot Essay

This table displays many Irish characteristics, including the pounced ground to the apron decoration and the elongated scrolls trailing down from the tops of the legs. The back-to-back double eagle heads relate to a mahogany side table with complete eagles holding acanthus in their beaks and whose feathered tails become scrolling acanthus carved across the apron (The Knight of Glin & J. Peill, Irish Furniture, New Haven & London, 2007, p. 231, cat. no. 109).

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