MID-19TH CENTURY

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A KILLARNEY ARBUTUS WORK TABLE
MID-19TH CENTURY
Inlaid with trailing shamrocks, the hinged top with a band of meandering ribbon inlay around a cedar panel, enclosing a divided interior on a spiral turned pedestal with S-scroll supports and a moulded octagonal base with channelled scrolled feet, one bracket replaced
30in. (76cm.) high. 23½in, (60cm.) wide, 17½in. (44cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Killarney work, naive elaborately-inlaid furniture and smaller items, was made for the tourist trade using bog oak, arbutus and other coloured woods. They often included pictorial views of local Killarney buildings and attractions. (B.Austen, Tunbridge Ware and Related European Decorative Woodwares, London, rev. ed.,1992, pp.175-193).

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