CHATSWORTH FINE ART SALE April 29th, 30th & May 1st 2026

116 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 1035. A fine quality Irish Regency period mahogany and inlaid two door Bureau Bookcase, probably Cork, the double inverted breakfront cornice with ebony string and satinwood inlay, above two glazed doors, the base with roll top opening to reveal fitted interior with leather inset writing pad base, with conforming panel doors on short reeded tapering legs, approx. 218cms high x 91cms wide x 56cms deep (86” x 36” x 22”). (1) €800 - €1200 1036. A pair of attractive 19th Century Carver Armchairs, decorated in the Neo Classical style with latted backs, scroll arms above needlework fitted seats, on front square tapering legs. (2) €200 - €300 1037. An important Irish 19th Century Grandfather Clock, the swan neck pediment with central brass finial, above an arched door with Corinthian columns housing an ornate brass and silvered dial by David Gordon of Dubin, with moon dial, Arabic and Roman numerals, the trunk with panel door on box base, approx. 242cms high (95”). (1) €700 - €900 1038. A pair of attractive English Adams style Open Armchairs, the oval backs with central painted panels depicting young ladies on cane work, with painted floral border issuing conforming scroll arms above cane work, with floral painted frieze on turned tapering legs. (2) €300 - €400 1040. A Georgian period Irish mahogany cased Grandfather Clock, with dentil moulded and blind fretwork cornice above a square painted dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, by George Fivey, Dubin , flanked either side by reeded columns, above a trunk with panel door and half reeded columns on block base, approx. 211cms (83”) high. (1) €400 - €600 1041. Follower of Mariotto Albertinelli (1474-1515) ‘The Visitation of St. Elizabeth to the Virgin Mary,’ 146cms x 92cms (58” x 36”), O.O.C., with arched top in ornate gilt frame. (1) €1000 - €1500 1042. 18th Century Irish School “Head and Shoulder Portrait of a Cleric,” O.O.C., depicting Gentleman with grey curled wig, white collar and black jacket, approx. 74cms x 61cms (29” x 24”) in wooden frame. (1) €250 - €350 1043. A Victorian mahogany shield shaped adjustable Firescreen, with floral tapestry inset, on a turned pillar support with triform base. (1) €100 - €150 1035 1037 1039. A fine quality and unusual Irish George IV period, possibly Cork, mahogany breakfront Secretaire Bookcase or Estate Cabinet, with ornate reeded pediment over four glazed doors, each with two glass panels on a breakfront base with roped edge, the frieze drawer opening to reveal twenty-four sections each with label A-Z and a smaller drawer to either side, the left drawer lettered A-G and the right drawer with sections lettered H-Z, the lower long frieze drawer opening to reveal a secretaire, with section writing surface, pen and ink compartment and stationery section, above two rope moulded panel doors and flanked to either side with a rope moulded cupboard door with mock drawers panel, all raised on four spiral reeded and turned legs, 257cms h x 254cms w (101’’ x 100’’). (1) €800 - €1200