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AN IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY TEA TABLE

CIRCA 1750

Closed14 October 2009

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USD 40,000

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AN IRISH GEORGE II MAHOGANY TEA TABLE
CIRCA 1750
The rectangular dished top above a shaped frieze with a lion's mask on cabriole legs and paw feet
28¾ in. (73 cm.) high, 32 in. (81 cm.) deep, 20 in. (51 cm.) deep

Bought from Mallett, London, in 2004.

Specialist note

A closely related table with the same carved legs but a shell-centered frieze is illustrated in F.L. Hinckley, Masterpieces of Queen Anne and Georgian Furniture, New York, 1991, p.32, fig 37. A yew wood card table with a lion's mask frieze and acanthus-carved cabriole legs with paw feet formerly in the Samuel Messer Collection is illustrated in the Knight of Glin, J. Peill, Irish Furniture, New Haven, 2007, p.236, fig 130.