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AN IMPORTANT MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE, IRISH MID-18TH CENTURY,
with rectangular moulded top, the scalloped frieze centred by a large venus shell from which flows an emphatic
chanelled rim, conforming sides, on acanthus capped cabriole legs with rosette brackets and on squared promi-
nent paw feet with scroll leaf carved hocks. 111cm wide, 63cm deep, 76.5cm high
Provenance: Beaulieu House, Drogheda, Co. Louth, sold by order of the Executors
Literature: Glin & Piell,
Irish Furniture,
no. 95, p. 229 (illustrated).
Note: A silver table with comparable carving was offered in Christies, A Knight in Ireland 7/5/2009, Lot 30
€20000 - 30000
