Chairs take a front seat for Adam sale
Next Wednesday morning's auction in the James Adam salerooms abounds with chairs, singly or in sets. Among the Irish lots, for example, there is a set of five William IV rosewood, balloon-back dining chairs (estimate £800-£1,000) and a single George I fruitwood-framed dining chair (£700-£900).
Non-Irish lots in this category include a pair of George III hall chairs with painted crest centres (£400-£600), a set of six George IV mahogany-framed library chairs (£2,000-£3,000), a pair of similar chairs from the same period (£700-£1,000) and a set of 10 Victorian mahogany balloon-back dining chairs (£2,000-£3,000).
However, chairs are not the only items being offered for sale on this occasion. Also worth noting is an Irish George III mahogany turf bucket (£1,000-£1,500), an Irish George IV mahogany serpentine-front sideboard (£2,000-£3,000) and an Irish Victorian yew centre table by Arthur Jones & Co of Dublin; its frieze below a moulded rim is decorated with carved trailing shamrocks and foliage (£4,000-£6,000).
An Irish George II plain circular bowl in silver and made in Dublin circa 1745 ought to do well also, as should a George II tapering cylindrical coffee pot (£3,000-£5,000). The sale also contains paintings and prints, as well as porcelain and jewellery.
£1,200-plus expected for mahogany dining table
South-East auctioneer R.J. Keighery is conducting a sale at White Rock, south Wexford, next Monday when a mahogany dining table with two leaves is expected to sell for £1,200-£1,500 and both a set of six Victorian dining chairs and a Victorian double-end settee have estimates of £800-£1,000. An Art Deco copper-mounted cabinet carries a pre-sale estimate of £700-£900 and a four-tier dumb waiter is expected to sell for £500-£700.
Edwardian inlaid display cabinet may fetch £1,000
Drayton Lodge in Monkstown is the venue for an auction tomorrow afternoon when Town & Country will be offering an Edwardian inlaid display cabinet (estimate £900-£1,000) and a Georgian chest of drawers (£600-£800). Also in this sale is a Victorian davenport, a walnut pier table and an Edwardian oak bookcase, all expected to sell for £600-£800 each.
