An Irish Mahogany Side Table New Stock Raised on a painted plinth

Raised on a painted plinth base with brass lamp standard

De Clerck fled to London where his brother Georges worked as a musician

last quarter of the 19th century

The mahogany frame having three ratcheted caned panels

However in its boldly chamfered pierced splat it also recalls detailing common in the Gothic Revival

An Irish Mahogany Side Table New Stock Raised on a painted plinthThe moulded top above a carved apron centred by a mask with headdress, flanked by garlands with scallop shells above, the cabriole legs with fetlock terminate in typically squared ball and claw feet. The rich colour to the polished top and the darker hue the pounced ground and surrounding characteristically Irish carving of the apron and legs is typical of these tables and highly desirable. Irish, 19th century, in manner of the circa 1740 1760 George