Irish Seating

Early 19th Century Irish Mahogany Stools, the drop in seats above rectangular frames with acantuhus leaf carved cabriole leges on ball and claw fe...

A fabulous early 20th Century well figured mahogany stool in the Georgian Irish style of exceptional quality and finely carved with rich patination and beautiful grain. The cushione...

19th Century Regency mahogany stool on carved frame with cabriole legs.

A superb and rare long set of fourteen antique Irish oak dining arm-chairs, Circa 1840 in date. The carved oak frames are decorated with three and four leaf clovers, foliage and oak leaves, the shoulders with overlapping discs. Each armchair has a padded back and seat reupholstered with a beautiful claret damask fabric with individual brass studs. These stunning armchairs have decorative scroll arms and they are raised on cabochon and fluted baluster front legs, the sabre back legs terminating in brass castors. It is rare to find such a large fabulous and comfortable set of chairs...

A very fine Irish 19th century mahogany hall settee. the exquisitely carved shaped and pierced back splat with flower head motif detail above shaped and mo...

Set of six Irish 18th century Georgian dining chairs.

Presenting a fabulous 19C set of 6 Irish Chippendale style ribbon back dining chairs. Irish made circa 1840-60. We know that these are Irish due to the signature ‘hairy paw’ feet which is synonymous with Irish Georgian furniture that were made in the Chippendale Style. These are hand crafted chairs, made of mahogany, and have fabulously detailed ‘Ribbon’ backs splats with tassel, acanthus floral and bow details. All 6 have been re-upholstered by us in a gorgeous tan/light gold silk damask fabric which is beautifully sympathetic to the style and period. We are confident that these are Early to Mid 19th Century chairs for a number of reasons: (1) The are hand crafted, (2) the color/patina is what you would expect with natural aging, (3) they have evidence of historic repairs, wear and tear consistent with age, (4) when we removed the old upholstery fabric, which looked like it was done in the 1980’s, we discovered the original ‘horse hair’ cushion filling … this practice stopped in the early 20th Century. The seat webbing was also much older and needed replacing. Fabulous acanthus carving on the knees of the front legs, with curved legs leading down to the fabulously carved hairy paws. Nice indented decoration on the front of the seat. The rear legs are undecorated and curve outwards for additional support and stability. Unsigned and unmarked but undoubtedly made by a top Irish furniture maker. probably in Dublin. Condition: Each chair has been newly re-upholstered and seat webbing replaced. The original horse hair cushion filling was cleaned and incorporated into the new cushion with modern foam to create a more comfortable and uniform seat cushion, but still retaining originality. Each chair has signs of historic repairs to the ribbon back splats over the generations. This is not unusual due to the somewhat delicate nature of these types of back splats. Also, it is an indicator of true age. The chair to the back left in the main photos has had the most repairs and much more recently performed (by us) as the back splaty was broken in 2 places (but we had the original pieces) and the chair needed the insertion of metal pins to secure the repaired sections. We have provided a couple of photos of this back splat which you can see evidence of the repairs. The repairs are very professionally done and the chair is now fully functionable and usable and the repairs are not very noticeable. These repairs are reflected in the pricing, as, if these chairs were ‘mint’ they would be very valuable and expensive ! Irish furniture can be recognised by certain features, which differentiate it from its European counterparts. The Irish style of furniture is said to have been lagging behind in fashion compared to English equivalent by a number of years, in both its design and manner by which the furniture was manufactured. A defining feature of the mid-eighteenth-century furniture is the carving on different parts of the furniture such as the aprons, blanket chests, bottle-stands and such objects. The carvings included foliated details, baskets of flowers and scallop shells, which are some of the most prominent carvings that are represented on Irish furniture at this time. A few of the Irish makers of these objects were James Hicks, Arthur Jones, William Moore, Mack & Gibton and Robert Strahan. All though individuals would have been the most prominent at the time of the 18th century and early 19th century but there are any other cabinet makers as well. Not all Irish furniture was detailed with such wonderful carvings and some might have been seen to be rather plain. One of the most identifiable items that are described as plain is the Irish Hunt Table, its simple elegance comprising of with straight plain legs. It was most commonly used in the dining room of a rural house such as a agents house or large house of a land holder. Another very popular and simply designed piece was the Irish Silver table, its design is very elegant and yet individual partially owing to the shell motive. Other examples of such Irish tables are side tables which have a distinctive double scrolled leg. Usually legs are carved with acanthus and have paw feet which are quite popular in Ireland but more rare in England. Other features are the inside leg which is carved with elongated C-scroll. The triple scroll on the leg was common place. Some cabinet makers and creativity was really captured with their side tables in how the carving was done. This carving may include Jupiters eagle or Lion mask and flanked Swags of flowers. In other furniture such as chairs, the H-shaped serpentine stretcher was popular in the 18th century in Ireland and when English chairs had moved forward in their design the Irish makers were still using the H-shaped serpentine. There was certainly an overlap between Irish and English furniture, one can see that Irish cabinet makers used English pattern books but used Irish features such as the carvings as the shell, baskets of flowers and foliated details. Another unique feature in Irish cabinet making was Killarney ware...

18th century George III wing chair, the shaped back without scrolled wings raised over out scrolling arms above ornately carved apron with centra...

19th century oak library armchair in the Gothic manner. The rectangular padded upholstered back with down swept padded open Gothic arched supports over stuffed seat raised on square ...

George II style Irish mahogany dining chairs. Uniquely carved top-rail with a center medallion and shell shapes on the corners. The back-splat with pier...

Pair of 18th Century mahogany Chippendale style chairs with interlaced back splats, fluted top rails, and simply shaped supports leadi...

Circa 1830 Early 19thC Irish tall ebonised button back artist portrait sitters chair - rexine leather with past repairs   Measures: W55 x D41 x ...

A superb pair of Irish Regency mahogany armchairs attributed to Mack, Williams and Gibton, the arched reeded crest rails above open frames with lattice-work back rails, each with arm...

A fine 19th Century George III period mahogany Hepplewhite tub chair in the French taste.

With mahogany legs on casters.

Pair 19th century mahogany corner chairs with shaped backs, scroll arm supports and decoratively carved back splats to the centre. Both chairs sit on four cabriole legs, the front...

18th century library open armchair in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, circa 1760. The square padded back above upholstered arms on downswept sup...

Matched pair of late 18th/early 19th century Irish Hepplewhite elmwood side chairs with removable seats.

18th century George II Irish carver in the manner of Chippendale, the bow shaped back rail centred with carved bell husk motif flanked wit...

An early 19th century Irish Regency carved and upholstered walnut armchair.

19th Century Regency ebonised carved library chair with needlepoint back and seat, of solid wood construction and finely carved details. The arms of t...

Pair of 18th century carved mahogany Irish Georgian side chairs.

19th Century Irish Mahogany Open Armchair. This desk chair in the Georgian style with a solid carved splat and top rail, outswept arms, ov...

A very fine pair of 19th century Irish mahogany framed armchairs, with rectangular back and out-scrolling arms, covered in a grey velvet fab...

Early 19th century set of six Chippendale Gothic style dining chairs with finely carved back splat. The seats are drop-in cream striped upho...

18th Century highly carved Irish cabriole leg stool with scrolling acanthus leaf and shell detail to the knees and terminating on four ball and claw...

19th Century Irish mahogany square footstool with tapestry top terminating on hairy paw feet. The weight and detail of the wood carving st...

Early 19th century set of eight mahogany Hepplewhite-style dining chairs, including two carvers. This set features intricate interlaced back splats complete with delicate floral deta...

19th Century mahogany corner chair with urn back slats, upholstered seat, three-pillar legs & cabriole leg with pad foot to the front.

18th Century Irish George II mahogany carver, the bow shaped back rail centred with flowerhead motif flanked with scrolling acanthus leaf and moulded corners raised over pierced inte...

19th century mahogany stool with drop in seat raised on cabriole legs with leaf and shell carving terminating on hoof feet

18th century Irish occasional chair in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, the bow shaped top rail with carved acanthus leaf and bell husk flanked with scrolling acanthus and C scrolls...

19th Century mahogany stool, the shaped top on shaped seat frame raised on slender cabriole legs

19th century pair of round-back upholstered armchairs. Dates from the transition period between square William IV lolling chairs and curvilinear Victorian; the carved embellishment t...

19th Century Mahogany stool with upholstered seat above gadrooned and scroll edged frieze, raised on cabriole legs. Terminating on ball and claw ...

A pair of neat-sized 18th century Irish miniature chairs attributed to Butler of Dublin. Featuring a bow-shaped top rail, pierced tapering splat, simple back legs. To the front highl...

An antidote to dark days, Zelouf + Bell's lacquered Kiku Variations bench takes its cue from vintage kimono fabric. Frigured mahogany, patinated...