Irish George III Japanned Satinwood Side table

A smart George III Irish satinwood, rosewood and japanned demi-lune side table. The crossbanded top above a frieze centred by a panel depicting Chinese figures by a pagoda, on square tapering legs with hollow collars, decorated with foliage and joined by a concave-sided under-tier, with storage label inscribed ’85 / Collins’.

A related table (here illistrated) is in the collection of National Museum of Ireland and is on display at 29 Lower Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin, as illustrated No. 239 in Irish Furniture: Woodwork and Carving in Ireland from the Earliest Times to the Act of Union by Desmond FitzGerald Glin (Knight of), Desmond John Villiers Fitz-Gerald, Knight of Glin, James Peill 2007