An Irish Mahogany Side Table New Stock they are a masterpiece of

they are a masterpiece of the Baroque style used throughout Porto in the early 18th century

He was born in Ostend and studied sculpture at the Ghent Academie voor Schone Kunsten between 1909 and 1913

All with hand knotted rope

De Clerck fled to London where his brother Georges worked as a musician

Raised on a painted plinth base with brass lamp standard

An Irish Mahogany Side Table New Stock they are a masterpiece ofThe moulded top above a carved apron centred by a mask with headdress, flanked by garlands with scallop shells above, the cabriole legs with fetlock terminate in typically squared ball and claw feet. The rich colour to the polished top and the darker hue the pounced ground and surrounding characteristically Irish carving of the apron and legs is typical of these tables and highly desirable. Irish, 19th century, in manner of the circa 1740 1760 George