Adam's THE LIBRARY COLLECTION 1st May 2024

162 337 A PAIR OF BROWN LEATHER WING- BACK ARMCHAIRS, early 20th century examples with brass studding and loose seat cushions, out- scrolling arms and carved cabriole legs. € 1,500 - 2,500 338 A MAHOGANY FRAMED WINGBACK ARMCHAIR, upholstered in a brown hide, on leaf capped cabriole legs and club feet. € 400 - 600 339 CONTINENTAL SCHOOL (18th CENTURY) After HENRY ROBERT MORLAND The Unlucky Boy Oil on panel, 26.5 x 21cm In fine giltwood and gesso frame by Cornelius Callaghan, makers mark verso Cornelius Callaghan was a well-known carver, gilder, look- ing-glass and picture-frame manufacturer whose label appears on several recorded frames. In the Dublin Directories he is recorded at Clare Street between 1822 and 1844. He is presuma- bly a relation of the Cornelius Callaghan recorded between 1770 and 1815 in Britain Street and Mary Street, a glazier, painter, map and print-seller (see Knight of Glin, ‘Dublin Directories and Trade Labels’, Furniture History, 1985, pp. 263, fig. 7). € 500 - 700