A GEORGE I GILTWOOD AND GILT-GESSO CABINET STAND

CIRCA 1715, THE INSET TOP EARLY 20TH CENTURY, THE TOP PROBABLY BY DANIEL EGAN, DUBLIN

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A GEORGE I GILTWOOD AND GILT-GESSO CABINET STAND
CIRCA 1715, THE INSET TOP EARLY 20TH CENTURY, THE TOP PROBABLY BY DANIEL EGAN, DUBLIN
The rectangular breakfront inset later top with scrolling foliate strapwork borders centred by flowers and shells, with gadrooned edge and concave sanded frieze, above a shell and acanthus-carved apron, on cabriole legs and foliate bun blocked feet, the underside with fragmentary printed paper label 'DANIEL EGAN CARVER GILDER', restorations and replacements to gesso, losses and later gilded with traces of black paint, the frieze re-framed probably when the inset top was added
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 69 in. (175 cm.) wide; 21 in. (53 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The stand is likely to have served for a breakfront cabinet that may have been marble-enriched. With its gadrooned cornice, serpentined feet and acanthus embellishments, it relates in particular to the George I gessoed table at Erdigg, Denbigshire, which was photographed by Country Life, circa 1920, and attributed to James Moore (d. 1726; R. Edwards & M. Jourdain, Georgian Cabinet-Makers 1700-1800, London, 1955, pp. 44 and 131, pl. 136).
The Dublin carving and gilding firm of Daniel Egan was trading as dealers in works of art and furniture, at Lower Ormond Quay from 1914 and at St. Stephen's Green from 1930. It is likely that this firm produced the later inset top.

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