AN IRISH CARVED MAHOGANY CONSOLE TABLE, MID-18TH... Lot 488
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AN IRISH CARVED MAHOGANY CONSOLE TABLE, MID-18TH CENTURY, the deep frieze centred by a shell and flanked by pierced scrolls, against a pierced diaper ground, with conforming sides on cabriole legs with pendants of bell flowers on claw feet, somewhat later converted by the addition of back legs and associated top. 127cm wide, 53cm deep, 77cm high Kenyon 'The Irish Furniture at Malahide Castle' 1994 illustrates a similar table for which he claims French origins and whilst relatively common in Irish Furniture rarely occurs in England. The Malahide example has marble top which this one probably originally has also. Typically the back scroll at the sides is cut-off in full flight. The raked sides indicate that this table was conceived as a pier table, between window embrasures. A pair of such tables is illustrated, Glin & Peill, Irish Furniture [2007] no.97
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