A George II Irish mahogany console table, circa 1750, the breche violette marble top with moulded edge above the trellis incised and acanthus carved shaped frieze centred by an eagle depicted with its wings spread, each tapering cabriole shaped leg carved with trailing acanthus and surmounted by a shell terminal, a further carved shell terminal to each side frieze, on stylised carved lion paw feet, 81cm high, 90cm wide, 50cm deep For closely related examples of table, see The Kinight of Glin and James Peill, Irish Furniture, Yale University Press, 2007, page 232, plates 111 and 112. See also page 224, plate 76. A related console table at Malahide Castle, Dublin is illustrated in G. Kenyon, The Irish Furniture at Malahide Castle, Dublin, 1994, page 13. For a related smaller example but with an associated marble top and less highly carved, see Christie's, London, Michael Lipitch II, 4th October 2001, Lot 103 (£30,550). Condition report disclaimer
A George II Irish mahogany console table, circa 1750, the breche violette marble top with moulded edge above the trellis incised and acanthus carved shaped frieze centred by an eagle depicted with its wings spread, each tapering cabriole shaped leg carved with trailing acanthus and surmounted by a shell terminal, a further carved shell terminal to each side frieze, on stylised carved lion paw feet, 81cm high, 90cm wide, 50cm deep For closely related examples of table, see The Kinight of Glin and James Peill, Irish Furniture, Yale University Press, 2007, page 232, plates 111 and 112. See also page 224, plate 76. A related console table at Malahide Castle, Dublin is illustrated in G. Kenyon, The Irish Furniture at Malahide Castle, Dublin, 1994, page 13. For a related smaller example but with an associated marble top and less highly carved, see Christie's, London, Michael Lipitch II, 4th October 2001, Lot 103 (£30,550). Condition report disclaimer
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