An Irish George II Mahogany and Inlaid Games Table, Mid-18th Century
Auction Closed
October 15, 06:30 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
the reversible top lined on one side with a later brown leather playing surface with guinea wells; the interior inlaid with a backgammon board; the frieze with pull-out inlaid chess board and chips drawer and candle slides on the sides; on cabriole legs terminating in moulded club feet
height 29 in.; width 32 1/2 in.; depth 22 in.
74 cm; 83 cm; 56 cm
Mary C. Belin, Washington, DC;
Christie's New York, 12 October 1996, lot 46;
James F. Scott, Gallison Hall, Charlottesville, Virginia;
Sotheby's New York, 15 October 2018, lot 165.
An almost identical games table formerly with Stair & Co., New York, is illustrated in the Knight of Glin and James Peill, Irish Furniture, London 2007, p.238 fig.139.
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