

by Morgan, Dublin, the sarcophagus shape with flat domed hinged lid above fluted pilasters and raised on carved paw feet with castors,
67cm wide, 68cm tall.
€ 1,500 - 2,000
In an advertisement published in 1832 Anthony Morgan & Co. claimed the ‘business of the house continues to be conducted with the
diligent attention which for upwards of half a century, has received the liberal support of the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom’. Their
father, Robert Morgan is listed in the directories in the years 1782 to 89 as an upholder and cabinetmaker at 16 Henry Street and from
1790-1807 at 21 Henry Street. He was made a Freeman of the City of Dublin as a joiner by service, in 1779 and claimed he manufac-
tured ‘a variety of furniture which on inspection will be found equal to any in Europe’. From the 1820’s, after Robert Morgan’s death the
business was managed by his two sons Anthony and Louis and became one of the most important firms in the trade. They promoted the
firm as ‘Morgan’s, Cabinetmaker and Upholder to the Right Honble & Hon’ble the Commissioners of his Majesty’s Revenue, General Post
Office, Board of Ordnance’. The firm supplied furniture to Borris House, Co. Carlow, Mount Bellew, Co. Gallway and Florence Court, Co.
Fermanagh. They received a very important commission to supply dining room furniture for the Provost’s House, Trinity College Dublin,
for the visit of King George IV in 1821. The firm supplied ’24 very best Mahogany Parlour Chairs of an extra size with deep carved top rails
and having hollowed seats upholstered and covered with satin hair-cloth finished with silk tufts and brass mouldings; £54. 12. 0. The firm
also supplied the ‘set of Trafalgar Dining Tables consisting of seven mahogany tops and strong frames on turned and roped legs and
patent castors, the entire when opened to form a set, 10 feet 4 inches long and 5 feet 6 inches wide, finished in the best manner with
brass fastenings as per agreement - £34. 2. 6. A case was also supplied to store the leaves, made of deal ‘painted as oak lined with Cloth
and slipped etc. The term Trafalgar came into use after Nelson’s victories. Finally to complete the suite Morgan’s supplied a mahogany
wine cooler and a ‘Mahy Tea Store to match – each with turned pillars, carved claws and castors’. The distinctive pattern used on this wine
cooler and tea store appears on the wine cooler illustrated here.