A SET OF TWELVE IRISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS CIRCA 1760, WITH TWO ARMCHAIRS OF A LATER DATE The shaped crestrails with scrolled shell terminals above a pierced fretwork and cartouche splat, with silk velvet over upholstered seats, on square molded legs united by stretchers Provenance Almost certainly supplied to Richard Talbot (d. 1834) for Malahide Castle, County Dublin. Thence by descent at Malahide until sold following the death of the 8th Baron Talbot of Malahide (d.1975) Malahide Castle; Christie's House Sale,10-12 May 1976, lot 123 (twelve side chairs) The Hon. Desmond Guinness, Leixlip Castle, County Kildare; Sotheby's, London, 7 July 2000, lot 27 (twelve side chairs). Acquired by the present owner from Partridge, London.
A SET OF TWELVE IRISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIRS CIRCA 1760, WITH TWO ARMCHAIRS OF A LATER DATE The shaped crestrails with scrolled shell terminals above a pierced fretwork and cartouche splat, with silk velvet over upholstered seats, on square molded legs united by stretchers Provenance Almost certainly supplied to Richard Talbot (d. 1834) for Malahide Castle, County Dublin. Thence by descent at Malahide until sold following the death of the 8th Baron Talbot of Malahide (d.1975) Malahide Castle; Christie's House Sale,10-12 May 1976, lot 123 (twelve side chairs) The Hon. Desmond Guinness, Leixlip Castle, County Kildare; Sotheby's, London, 7 July 2000, lot 27 (twelve side chairs). Acquired by the present owner from Partridge, London.
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