Royal and Noble
Royal and Noble
KILLADOON HOUSE, PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT IRISH ESTATE
A SET OF SIXTEEN REGENCY MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS, TWELVE CIRCA 1807, FOUR CIRCA 1812
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January 21, 06:17 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 40,000 GBP
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KILLADOON HOUSE, PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT IRISH ESTATE
A SET OF SIXTEEN REGENCY MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS, TWELVE CIRCA 1807, FOUR CIRCA 1812
the rectangular moulded top rails above moulded X-shaped backs within moulded uprights, the padded seats with brass mouldings and turned tapered legs, en suite with previous lot
Probably supplied to Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim, KP PC (Ire) (1768-1854)
Inventory, 26th September 1807, '12 red leather and mahogany chairs' in the Dining Room;
Inventory, 10th February 1812, 'Sixteen red Leather Chairs' in the Parlour;
Inventory, April 1830, 'Sixteen Red Leather Chairs' in the Dining Room;
Inventory, 27th June 1836, 'Sixteen scarlet morocco leather and mahogany dining chairs -' in the Dining Room;
John Cornforth, 'Killadoon, Co Kildare - II', Country Life, 22 January 2004, p. 54;
The Knight of Glin and James Peill, The Irish Country House, China, 2010, p. 147.