Live Auction 14224The Collector: English Furniture, Clocks & Works of Art
A PAIR OF IRISH GILT GESSO SIDE TABLES
Lot 156

A PAIR OF IRISH GILT GESSO SIDE TABLES

PART 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

Closed15 November 2017

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GBP 10,000

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A PAIR OF IRISH GILT GESSO SIDE TABLES
PART 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
Each with rectangular strapwork and foliate decorated top centred by a sunflower, above shaped foliate frieze centred with a grotesque mask, on square panelled and foliate carved cabriole legs, repairs and refreshments to the decoration, with restorations to the top and legs, regilt
34 in. (87 cm.) high; 45 ½ in. (116 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) deep

By repute the Eyre Family, Eyrecourt Castle, County Galway.

Specialist note

Eyrecourt Castle is best remembered for its famous baroque staircase, which was eventually bought by William Randolph Hearst circa 1950. Much of the collection at Eyrecourt was sold in 1883, and it is possible that these tables were part of that dispersal.