Royal and Noble
Royal and Noble
KILLADOON HOUSE, PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT IRISH ESTATE
A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY TUB CHAIRS, CIRCA 1807
Auction Closed
January 21, 06:17 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
KILLADOON HOUSE, PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT IRISH ESTATE
A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY TUB CHAIRS, CIRCA 1807
with later red leather upholstery and brass trim, en suite with following lot
Probably supplied to Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim, KP PC (Ire) (1768-1854)
Inventory, 26th September 1807, '2 red leather bergers [sic]' in the Dining Room; Inventory, 10th February 1812, 'Two d(itt)o Arm Chairs ' in the Parlour;
Inventory, April 1830, 'Two d(itt)o arm chairs on brass socket Castors' in the Dining Room;
Inventory, 27th June 1836, 'Two scarlet leather armchairs with brass mouldings upon turned mahogany legs upon brass socket castors these chairs are stuffed throughout' in the Dining Room;
John Cornforth, 'Killadoon, Co Kildare - II', Country Life, 22 January 2004, p. 54-55; The Knight of Glin and James Peill, The Irish Country House, China, 2010, p. 147.