An Irish George III Mahogany Hall Bench, After a Design by James Wyatt
The shaped crest rail with central scrolling, carved acanthus leaf, and exceptionally executed guilloche banding, above a carved back with central medallion. The shaped arms with roundel details and turned arm rests, above a square seat on accentuated sabre legs. Irish, c.1795
Similar hall benches, designed by James Wyatt, were supplied to Castle Coole, County Fermanagh, Ireland. Other examples of this type were formerly at Gaybrook House, County Westmeath, Ireland, and Dunsandle, County Galway, Ireland.
Height: 33 ¾ in; 85.5 cm
Width: 50 in; 127 cm
Depth: 16 ½ in; 41.5 cm
Provenance:
Private collection England.
Literature:
The Knight of Glin, Irish Furniture, 2007, p. 187.
£48,000
The shaped crest rail with central scrolling, carved acanthus leaf, and exceptionally executed guilloche banding, above a carved back with central medallion. The shaped arms with roundel details and turned arm rests, above a square seat on accentuated sabre legs. Irish, c.1795
Similar hall benches, designed by James Wyatt, were supplied to Castle Coole, County Fermanagh, Ireland. Other examples of this type were formerly at Gaybrook House, County Westmeath, Ireland, and Dunsandle, County Galway, Ireland.
Height: 33 ¾ in; 85.5 cm
Width: 50 in; 127 cm
Depth: 16 ½ in; 41.5 cm
Provenance:
Private collection England.
Literature:
The Knight of Glin, Irish Furniture, 2007, p. 187.
£48,000
The shaped crest rail with central scrolling, carved acanthus leaf, and exceptionally executed guilloche banding, above a carved back with central medallion. The shaped arms with roundel details and turned arm rests, above a square seat on accentuated sabre legs. Irish, c.1795
Similar hall benches, designed by James Wyatt, were supplied to Castle Coole, County Fermanagh, Ireland. Other examples of this type were formerly at Gaybrook House, County Westmeath, Ireland, and Dunsandle, County Galway, Ireland.
Height: 33 ¾ in; 85.5 cm
Width: 50 in; 127 cm
Depth: 16 ½ in; 41.5 cm
Provenance:
Private collection England.
Literature:
The Knight of Glin, Irish Furniture, 2007, p. 187.
£48,000