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An Irish Killarney Arbutus Marquetry Games Table Circa 1890,…
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Melbourne
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10-May-2009
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An Irish Killarney Arbutus Marquetry Games Table Circa 1890, the rectangular top ornately inlaid with a central Muckross Abbey roundel flanked by fern leaves within a foliate and berry border opening to an interior inlaid for chess backgammon and cribbage boards within shamrock borders flanked by roundels depicting ruins and a cottage above a leaf and acorn frieze raised on a shamrock inlaid quadripartite claw foot base 79 x 77 x 42 cm. Note: This lot is a particularly fine example of Killarney ware the distinctive style of furniture produced in Killarney Ireland during the mid-19th century., the use of Arbutus wood is typical of Killarney
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Furniture: Tables - zOther