Rare Irish George II Carved Mahogany Side Table circa 1760
SOLD for $130,000 on Feb 12, 2021 at the Brunk auction
LOT 0443
Estimate was $30,000 - $50,000
Rare Irish George II Carved Mahogany Side Table circa 1760 with finely grained single board mahogany top, resting on a boldly carved stand with leaf, scroll, and rocaille ornament in deep relief on a stippled and diapered ground, skirt centering a carved winged mask of Venus issuing from a shell, deeply carved cabriole legs resting on scroll feet, 30-1/2 x 59 x 31 in.Exhibited: Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690-1840, Art Institute of Chicago, 2015, illustrated in the accompanying catalog, pg. 135, catalog no. 238.This table is also illustrated in The Knight of Glin and James Peill, Irish Furniture, Yale University Press, 2007, catalog 85, pg. 226. - Provenance: V. Ethel Crosby; sold from her estate Sotheby's, New York, April 24-25, 1992, lot 484; Mallett Inc. (exhibition catalog indicates private collection by arrangement with Mallett); Estate of Robert K. Johnson, Aiken, South Carolina.