ID 1030874
Lot 6 | A PAIR OF IRISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY HALL BENCHES
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
AFTER A DESIGN BY JAMES WYATT, CIRCA 1800
The waisted backs with a double-arched carved crest rail centered by an anthemion between scrolled acanthus leaves with flowerhead terminals and finials, above a band of flowerhead-filled entrelac and a panel centered by a painted oval cartouche with the ferocious horse crest of the Bowes Daly family, flanked by drapery swags with baluster and ring-turned arms above a paneled seat and on channeled sabre legs
33 in. (84 cm.) high, 33 in. (84 cm.) wide, 19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Collection of the Bowes Daly Family, Dunsandle House, Co. Galway, Ireland (originally a set of four).
Almost certainly brought with the family to Russborough House, Blessington, Co. Wicklow, Ireland circa 1931.
Possibly with Norman Adams, London (one pair).
The Property of a Lady; Christie's, London, 19 November 1992, lot 64.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Literature
C. Claxton-Stevens and S. Whittington, 18th Century English Furniture: The Norman Adams Collection, Woodbridge, 1983, p. 91 (one illustrated, possibly from this pair).
H. Mallalieu, 'Around the Salerooms', Country Life, 20 January 1993, fig. 4.
S. O'Reilly, Irish Houses and Gardens, London, 1998, pp. 88-89 (two photographed in the entrance hall at Russborough).
| Medium: | Mahogany, Wood |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs |
| Medium: | Mahogany, Wood |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs |
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