Description
GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND INLAID DEMI-LUNE CARD TABLE
MANNER OF WILLIAM MOORE OF DUBLIN, LATE 18TH CENTURY
the foldover D-shaped top with floral satinwood marquetry demi-lune, similar banding, enclosing purple baise lined interior, harebell swag frieze, on square tapering legs
96cm wide, 76cm high, 47cm deep
Footnote
Note:
William Moore (d.1815) was one of the most oustanding Irish craftsmen of the late 18th century. Moore left Dublin for London, where he worked for the leading firm of Mayhew & Ince in the fashionable neocleassical style made popular by the architect Robert Adam, with whom the firm collaborated on several comissions.
He had returned to Dublin by 1782. An advertisement in the Dublin
Evening Post on 16th April 1782 includes a mention of: “card tables on a new
construction (both ornamented and plain) which appear like small pier
tables, with every article in the inlaid way, executed on shortest notice, and
hopes from his long experience at Messrs. Mayhew and Ince, London, his
remarkable fine coloured woods, and elegant finished work, to meet the
approbation of all who shall please to honour him with their commands.”
Provenance: Torridon House, Home of The Earls of Lovelace. Click here for further information: http://bit.ly/1MmigxQ