Lot 288
EARLY VICTORIAN WALNUT AND SPECIMEN HARDSTONE CENTRE TABLE
MID 19TH CENTURY, THE TOP MODERN
Auction: 6 July 2016 at 11:00 BST
Description
the circular top inlaid with radiating fan veneers of various hardstones and marbles, on a Gothic style scroll and arched quadriform base centred by an urn finial and ending on carved paw feet, stamped 'Strahan & Co'
Dimensions
92cm diameter, 69cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Ravensby Hall, Angus, Scotland
Note: Robert Strahan & Company were founded in 1776, operating from Chancery Lane in Dublin. The success of the company during the following decades resulted in two new workshops opening in 1815 and again later in 1845. Strahan displayed work at Dublin's great industrial exhibition of 1853 and produced furniture for some of Ireland's greatest country houses, including Doneraile Court, Co. Cork and Lisnavagh House, Co. Carlow. Their designs tended to be fairly understated during the earlier years, but focused on the more ornate in the 19th century, as was popular during the Victorian period. They continued to trade under the family name until 1969.