South African Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts
Live Auction, 8 October 2012
Session 2
About this Item
An Irish Regency mahogany serving table, circa 1820
in the manner of Morgans of Dublin, with three-quarter shaped gallery carved with rondels, the inverted breakfront top with outset corners and spiral-reeded border enclosing a pair of frieze drawers, four turned and spiral-reeded front legs headed by acanthus foliage, on paw feet, the rear supports with turned feet, 113cm high, 214cm wide, 69cm deep
Notes
cf. Lewis and Anthony Morgan, of 21 Henry Street, Dublin, were a respected early 19th century firm of cabinetmakers and upholsterers. They supplied furniture for the Provost's House, Trinity College, Dublin, in 1821, including a dining table, chairs, a wine cooler and a teapoy all with spiral-reeded legs.
D Guinness and W Ryan, Irish Houses and Castles, London, 1971, page 122, illustrated