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Lot 1012
A set of six George IV mahogany dining chairs, the narrow curved crest rails with carved leaf ornament, with reeded uprights, the twin rail splats interspersed by carved circular paterae and bellflower ornament, the drop-on seats upholstered in tapestry and cut moquette, on slender turned and partly reeded front legs
Lot 42
Gerard Dillon (1916-1971) HANDS ACROSS THE BORDER woolen tapestry mounted on raw linen 62 x 44in. (157.48 x 111.76cm) The artist's family by descent; deVere's, 30 March 2004, lot 168; Private collection; Morgan O'Driscoll, 28 Aptil 2014, lot 44; Private collection 'Nano Reid & Gerard Dillon', Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, 6 November 2009 to 10 January 2010 Framed in pitch pine recycled from the pews of Burnfoot Presbyterian Church, Co. Donegal. The earliest documented tapestry of Dillon's is the large work titled Gentle Breeze, now in the collection of Bord Fáilte. Gentle Breeze was begun in 1950 and exhibited three years later at the Irish Exhibition of Living Art (no. 61), where it was widely recognised as the outstanding entry in that year's show. James White discusses the piece at some length in his monograph on Dillon, drawing attention in particular to the element of painstaking manual labour involved in such a project: "Most modern painters and tapestry designers send their cartoons to the great tapestry factories to be woven there, but Gerard started his own in Roundstone, at a time when he ran out of painting materials and perhaps adequate cash; obtaining a large canvas base and able to acquire wool ends in different colours locally, he set out to master the handcraft practised in cottages around the world for many hundreds of years" (James White, Gerard Dillon: An Illustrated Biography, Wolfhound Press, 1994, page 61). Dillon evidently enjoyed the work, for he is known to have executed at least two other tapestries: Island Tapestry (IELA, 1953, no. 9) and the present work, Hands Across the Border. In subject and composition Hands Across the Border is typical of Dillon's consummate creativity; the flattened shapes of the two figures at once intertwine and flare outwards in a decorative design redolent of folk art. White considered the work to "represent Dillon's feeling for his country, a man born and brought up in Ulster yet totally at home in the West of Ireland"
Lot 820
ROCK/POP - Another good quality lot of around 75 x LPs. Artists/titles include Carole King - Tapestry, Kitaro, Rickie Lee Jones, Queen - A Night At The Opera, Pretenders, Kid Creole, John Kongos, Level 42, Nils Lofgren, Melanie, Bernie Marsden, Mike/Sally Oldfield, Jean-Luc Ponty, Chris Rea and REO Speedwagon (Simply Vinyl SVLP 0042). Condition is generally VG to Ex.
Lot 463
A Pair of Fine William & Mary Style Walnut Stools. The padded rectangular tops covered in fragment panels of 17th century tapestry edged in velvet, standing on knopped & gadrooned legs united by curved X-form stretchers with a turned finial to the centre. 16 ins (41 cms) high, 22 ins x 16 ins (56 cm x 41 cms).
Lot 526
Six Scatter Cushions: Three covered in woven carpet panels; one 20 ins (51 cms) square, a pair 13 ins (33 cms) square, and three covered in fragment panels of early 18th century aubusson tapestry backed with velvet; one 13 ins x 24 ins (33 cm x 61 cms) edged with tassels, and a pair 9 ins x 15 ins (23 cm x 38 cms) with fringed edging.
Lot 556
A 17th Century Verdure Tapestry (A/F) depicting a woodland scene with a couple onlooked by a small gathering of two eastern figures wearing crowned turbans accompanied by guards. Set in a leafy landscape with glimpses of a distant town through the trees, framed by a floral border, 120 ins x 234 ins (305 cm x 595 cms).
Lot 415
Three Patchwork Quilts and three Scatter Cushions: The largest quilt hand stitched with small diamond patches of mainly velvet, satin & brocade, edged in a black velvet border and backed in crimson satin, late 19th/early 20th century, 89 ins (226 cms) square. The next a 20th century hand stitched octagonal quilt composed of padded bands of coloured & printed cotton diamond form patches radiating from the centre, entitled 'The Galaxy' by Irene Leroy. The smallest with a printed label; Nicole Florentin Art Textile Automne 1999, 30 ins x 46 ins (76 cm x 117 cms). One cushion covered in puce velvet with brocade bands either side and tasselled corners, 12 ins x 17 ins (31 cm x 43 cms). One with a medieval style machine woven tapestry depicting a princess and unicorn, 14 ins (36 cms) square. One woolwork panel with cockerel, 9½ ins (24 cms) square.
Lot 230
'The Golfers', 20th century reprint after Chas E Wagstaffe 63cm x 83cm, 'Blades House Kingston upon Hull', after Alan Bray signed in pencil 25.5cm x 35.5cm and one other tapestry depicting a unicorn (3) Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
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