Country House Collections at Slane Castle October 12
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AN OCTAGONAL LOO TABLE,
Irish circa 1830, spectacularly inlaid with specimens of native woods in a geometric and trompe l’oeil pattern, central
facetted pillar support on flat tri-form base, with paw feet. 125cm diameter, 73cm high
Provenance: Lady Ardilaun, Ashford Castle and St. Anne’s
Loo tables usually in octagonal format, were for the drawing room game of Panterloo, popular in the early 19th century.
Designs for these tables appear in the published cataloguing of the day. J.C. Loudon (1833) recommends that they be
made of rosewood and inlaid in patterns of exotic woods.
€10,000 - 15,000
