Live Auction 8012Lyons Demesne Works of Art from The Collection of The Late Dr. Tony Ryan
A SET OF TWELVE IRISH MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
Lot 190

A SET OF TWELVE IRISH MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS

LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed14 July 2011

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GBP 5,000

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A SET OF TWELVE IRISH MAHOGANY DINING-CHAIRS
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Including one armchair, each with curved toprail above a pierced vase splat, the sprung seats covered in close-nailed red leather
The side chairs - 37½ in. (98.6 cm.) high; 21½ in. (56 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep (12)

Specialist note

The design for the backs of these chairs is based on a pattern in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 3rd. edn., 1762, pl. XIII. A set of dining-chairs of this model belonging to Lady Peck at Prehen House, near Derry is illustrated in W. Pfeiffer and M. Heron, In the Houses of Ireland, 1988, p. 144. Another set, but with straight legs, from Leixlip Castle, Co. Kildare is illustrated in J. O'Brien and D. Guinness, Great Irish Houses and Castles, 1992, p. 23.