Antiques & Fine Art: A tale of two tables made in Cork
Antique and contemporary Cork-made masterpieces are among highlights at an interiors sale, writes Des O Sullivan
Prism table and Figure of Six chairs by Joseph Walsh at Sheppards.
Sat, 24 Apr, 2021 - 08:15
Des O’Sullivan
An online sale this week features a Fletchers Shamrock table from 1852 and a magnificent contemporary table set by Joseph Walsh both masterpieces made in Cork among its highlights.
Sheppards two-day Great Irish Interiors online sale takes place on Wednesday and Thursday (April 28-29).
John Fletcher was a cabinet maker at 71 Patrick Street in Cork in the 19th century.
From a 19th-century table that inspired a lament to the work of a modern craftsman Sheppard’s Great Irish Interiors sale features two tables by Cork men 150 years apart
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Sheppard’s Great Irish Interiors sale, which will be held in a live online auction on April 28th and April 29th lists two important tables. Both were designed by Cork men but created almost 150 years apart.
They could not be more different – from a profusely carved 19th-century piece with a nationalist narrative, to the ethereal blonde ash table and chairs made in an old potato barn in 2001.
John Fletcher’s Shamrock Table, a 19th-century piece with three leaves in the shape of a shamrock, was created in Cork in 1852 but failed to sell when exhibited at the Irish Industrial Exhibition. Emblazoned with Irish symbolism in 13 different woods, the words, “as fada do shúan a chruit”(long has been thy slumber, O Harp) lie under a bare-breasted Erin carved in white chestnut. It has a p
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