A GEORGE II IRISH MAHOGANY SILVER TABLE, c.1740, with cavetto top with re-entrant corners above a restrained shaped apron, centred with a stylised shell and raised on shell capped cabriole legs and shaped pad feet. 72.4 x 51 x 70cm high This table is among a number of superb examples attributed to the same unidentified mid 18th Century Irish cabinet maker. This group of tables includes the “Headford table” illustrated as No. 142, page 238 of Irish Furniture by the Knight of Glin and James Peill.

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