A Pair of Late 19thC Irish Vernacular Painted Side Chairs; County Cork sub-Macabre- Medicine gilt and polychrome decorated pedestal

gilt and polychrome decorated pedestal occasional or wine table

Provenance: Ashford Hall

To the underside of the chair there is a metal mounting bracket

with some old worm to the root side which we have treated as a precaution

A Pair of Late 19thC Irish Vernacular Painted Side Chairs; County Cork sub-Macabre- Medicine gilt and polychrome decorated pedestalOrigin: Irish Period: Late 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 Width: 20. 75 Height: 34. 5 or 18 at seat Depth: 16. 5 (all at extremities) The delightful and increasingly scarce pair of Irish vernacular side chairs, retaining their original deep red painted finish with beautifully worn elm plank seats and charming hand painted white folk motifs to both the crest and seat rails, previously purchased in Cork, and almost certainly made for domestic