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

81 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 793 796. A good late Regency rosewood Chiffonier, with pierced brass gallery on a shelf with mirror panel supported by gilt ‘C’ scrolls and two mirrored paneled doors below, with panel ‘boulle’ gables, on plinth base, approx. 127cms h x 136cms w (50” x 53½”). (1) €800 - €1000 799 800 793. A fine quality 19th Century English giltwood circular Table, with pietra dura inset top, decorated with flowers and butterflies, on an ornate pillar support on conforming triform base, approx. 48cms diameter x 74cms high (19” x 29”). (1) €200 - €300 794. 19th Century English School “Saint Francis Feeding the Doves,”O.O.C., depicting the Cleric with a bowl of seed feeding the birds, approx. 68cms x 50cms (27” x 20”), in contemporary gilt frame. (1) €350 - €420 795. A fine quality Georgian period mahogany Stick Barometer, the breakneck pediment with ball finial, above silver dial, named Dolland London, on a domed cistern base cover, approx. 102cms (40”) high. (1) €600 - €800 797. 18th Century Dutch School “Shoeing the Horse,”O.O.C., busy village scene with multiple figures and animals with grey horse to foreground being shoed, approx. 81cms x 112cms (32” x 44”) in carved floral decorated wooden frame. (1) €800 - €1000 798 – See page 82 799. A good attractive pair of Irish George II, c. 1760/70 Chippendale style stuff over red walnut Chairs, of dowelled construction with hide covering. The horizontal top rail above a pierced vase splat, raised on square legs with filleted outer edges, solid ‘ear’ bracket spandrels, legs joined by rectangular stretcher. (2) * For an almost identical chair, also in walnut, see “Irish Furniture,” by Knight of Glin & James Peill, p. 213 entry 41. Provenance: Removed from Castletown House, circa 1966, and thereafter retained in a private collection in County Kildare. €400 - €500 800. A rare Irish George I, c 1720, red walnut Side Chair, of dowelled construction, the stylized yolk, or ‘India’ top rail above a tapestry upholstered sweep back, with caned seat, raised on carved acanthus capped cabriole legs on faceted pad feet, united by turned and block stretcher. (1) Provenance: Removed from Castletown House, circa 1966, and thereafter retained in a private collection in County Kildare. €280 - €320