AN IRISH GEORGE IV MAHOGANY AND EBONISED OPEN FOLIO CASE, CIRCA 1825

Auction Closed

January 21, 06:17 PM GMT

Estimate

2,500 - 4,000 GBP

Lot Details

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KILLADOON HOUSE, PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT IRISH ESTATE

AN IRISH GEORGE IV MAHOGANY AND EBONISED OPEN FOLIO CASE, CIRCA 1825

the pale grey marble top above two deep open shelves between turned columns on a plinth base

141cm. high, 107cm. wide, 66.5cm. deep; 4ft. 7½in., 3ft. 6in., 2ft.¼in.

Probably supplied to Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim, KP PC (Ire) (1768-1854)

Inventory, 27th June 1836, 'Open mahogany bookstand ornamented with black *** marble slab' in the Library;

John Cornforth, 'Killadoon, Co Kildare - I', Country Life, 15 January 2004, p. 47;

The Knight of Glin and James Peill, The Irish Country House, China, 2010, p. 146.