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| Title: | Hunt Table ( Irish c. 1780 ) |
| Description: | A rare Irish George III mahogany hunt table
This good quality oval hunt or wake table, is made in figured mahogany of good colour and patina, and stands on eight square chamfered legs. Irish, circa 1780 Width (open) 57” 145 cm Length: 101.5” 258 cm Height: 29” 73.5 cm provenance: A private Irish collection Note: These Irish oval topped drop leaf tables are traditionally known as ‘hunt’ or ‘wake’ tables. Their narrow shape when the flaps are down, allows them to be conveniently placed against a wall often in a hall or dining room. Their mobile nature and usefulness has resulted in many examples still in situ in houses throughout Ireland. There are examples in the Dining Rooms of Leixlip Castle, Co. Kildare, Bellamont Forest, C. Cavan and Mount Stewart, Co. Down A similar table probably supplied to Alexander mcDonnell, fifth Earl of Antrim(1713-1775) for Glenarm Castle, Co. Antrim is illustrated in the Knight of Glin & J. Peil, Irish Furniture, New Haven & London 2007, p.242, cat. 161 It is rare to find a hunt table of this large size and in such a good and original condition. |
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| Condition | Excellent |
| Status: | FOR SALE |
