THE abundance of Edwardian furniture in Ireland, and its popularity with buyers, will be shown when plenty of items from this period come up for sale at Mullen's of Laurel Park on Monday evening. Among the better lots are two mahogany sideboards, one with satinwood inlay (estimate £2,000-£3,000) and the other serpentine-shaped (estimate £2,500£3,500).
An Edwardian mahogany, painted china cabinet is expected to fetch £1,800-£2,200 and a mahogany desk of the same era carries this figure also.
Among the other lots are a Scottish Regency mahogany sideboard, circa 1810 (£4,000£6,000), a mid-19th-century kingwood and marquetry bonheur de jour (£3,500£4,500), a Victorian boulle credenza (£2,500£3,500) and a set of 14 Victorian oak dining chairs (£5,500£6,500). Georgiana includes a mahogany bureau (£1,800-£2,200), a mahogany side-table (£3,000-£4,000) and a mahogany bureau, dating from circa 1800 (£3,000£4,000). The lot with the day's highest estimate is a mahogany three-pillar dining table, Georgian and perhaps later, which is expected to make between £8,000 and £12,000. Finally, there are several bookcases on offer, such as a mahogany breakfront example, which is estimated to fetch £2,400£2,800 and a mahogany secretaire bookcase (£2,000£3,000).
Mahogany and satinwood table for £1,200-plus
Hamilton Osborne King's final furniture and fine art sale this year will be held in the company's Blackrock premises. Among the approximately 300 lots is a 19th-century mahogany and satinwood-banded D-shaped table (estimate £1,200-£1,400) and a mahogany, rosewood-banded and boxwood string-inlaid fold-over card-table, dating from circa 1800 (£600£800).
The latter's estimate is shared by a mahogany inlaid bow-front hanging corner cabinet from the same period. A Royal Irish tea and coffee pot in a "Dairy Maid" pattern is expected to fetch £1,000-£1,500. This sale begins at 2.30 p.m.
Contemporary Irish art in Dublin sale
After last week's Irish art auction, James Adam & Sons hosts a further painting sale next Wednesday, starting at 12.30 p.m. More than 160 lots of pictures include many familiar names in contemporary Irish art, such as Anne Madden, Tony O'Malley, Barrie Cooke, Sean Keating and Flora Mitchell. Adam's expects prices to be reasonable, with pictures going for as little as £50 each.
Antique gilt fauteuils for up to £1,800
THE December sale at Drum's of Malahide is scheduled for next Thursday evening, when a pair of antique gilt fauteuils is expected to sell for £1,500-£1,800. Two overmantle mirrors carry the same estimate of £800£1,200 each, as does a large Edwardian china display cabinet, an Irish mahogany long-case clock and an early Victorian supper table.
An elaborately decorated pollard oak chiffonier is expected to sell for £600-£800, as is a mahogany fold-over breakfast table.
Chippendale-style dining suite for £1,600-plus
Town & Country is conducting an auction in Clontarf Road, Dublin, tomorrow afternoon. A mahogany Chippendale-style dining suite and a set of six Victorian mahogany cabriole-legged chairs have presale estimates of £1,800-£2,000 and £1,600£1,800 respectively.
Other prices expected at this sale include: £3,000£4,000 for a west of Ireland landscape by George Gillespie, £800-£900 for a Victorian mahogany library table and £600-£800 for an Edwardian mahogany display cabinet.
