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Irish Furniture: Woodwork and Carving in Ireland from the Earliest Times to the Act of Union Hardback - 2007

by James Peill; The Knight Glin

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This lavishly illustrated and comprehensive volume is the first devoted entirely to the subject of Irish furniture and woodwork. It provides a detailed survey--encompassing everything from medieval choir stalls to magnificent drawing-room suites for the great houses--from earliest times to the end of the eighteenth century.
The first part of the book presents a chronological history, illustrated with superb examples of Irish furniture and interior carving. In a lively text, the Knight of Glin and James Peill consider a broad range of topics, including a discussion of the influence of Irish craftsmen in the colonies of America. The second part of the book is a fascinating pictorial catalogue of different types of surviving furniture, including chairs, stools, baroque sideboards, elegant tea and games tables, bookcases, and mirrors. The book also features an index of Irish furniture-makers and craftsmen of the eighteenth century, compiled from Dublin newspaper advertisements and other contemporary sources.

Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

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  • Title Irish Furniture: Woodwork and Carving in Ireland from the Earliest Times to the Act of Union
  • Author James Peill; The Knight Glin
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Paul Mellon Centre, New Haven
  • Publication date 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780300117158 / 0300117159
  • Weight 4.65 lbs (2.11 kg)
  • Dimensions 12 x 10 x 1.1 in (30.48 x 25.40 x 2.79 cm)
  • Category Art & Art Instruction
  • Library of Congress subjects Furniture - Ireland - History - 17th century, Furniture - Ireland - History - 18th century
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006006486
  • Dewey Decimal Code 749.094

About the author

Desmond FitzGerald, Knight of Glin, is president of the Irish Georgian Society, a governor of the National Gallery of Ireland, and Doctor in Letters Honoria Causa of Trinity College Dublin. He is coauthor with Anne Crookshank of Ireland's Painters, 1600-1940, published by Yale University Press. He lives in Glin Castle, County Limerick. James Peill is a director of Christie's, where he is a specialist in the Furniture Department. He lives in New York City.
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