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A 2nd Irish George II Table To Match My Table - At Kykuit, Rockefeller Country Home, Originally Purchased at Tiffanys in 1908

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    Posted 6 years ago

    PhilDMorris
    (223 items)

    This Irish George II table is exactly like the one I own. It was brought to my attention by the Curator of The John D. Rockefeller collection at Kykuit Mansion in New York state.

    The first photo is in the Rockefeller collection, which I lightly colored but did not put the yellow in some of the veins of marble. The second photo I see the table to the left of it as the first photo !! Unfortunately because of digital computer, and the computer cannot understand the pixels in the lion's face, and is very difficult to see the incredible crisp and beautiful carving !~

    Also see:
    https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/213282-irish-george-ii-sidetable-and-canadian-c

    The curators name is Katrina and she had seen my post on Collectors Weekly and she sent me the photo of her matching table to my table, at the beginning of the last week in May 2018. It is exciting to find out that the Kykuit Mansion table is an exact match and came from Tiffany's store in NYC and was purchased in March of 1908 for the mansion. Tiffanys said that it came from the collection of Sir Purdon Clarke. Kykuit curators still had the bill and records of purchase from March 1908 at Tiffanys !!~
    There is a wiki article on Sir Purdon and was interesting to note that he was a curator also when they brought him over to NYC to manage some of the met collections !~
    We think that probably they were a pair at one time, these type of serving tables usually it seems were carved and made in pairs, however we do not know if they were separated or why now they are not together. Possibly they came from the same owner, and when the estate was sold, someone only wanted or had room for one. Their table now is in the Great Hall at Rockefeller mansion, Kykuit, there since they installed it in their entrance hall in 1908 ! The tables great identical match sits in my living room !~

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    Comments

    1. Newfld Newfld, 6 years ago
      Beautiful table, the carving is incredible
    2. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 6 years ago
      Thank you Newfld for the comment.
    3. racer4four racer4four, 6 years ago
      That's so cool Phil. I'm sure your table has always been very precious and special to you, but to get more history and such provenance is fantastic. Congratulations!
    4. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 6 years ago
      Thank you racer4four, Karen, history is always important in many antiques such as glass and furniture. History is what we strive for after aquiring almost any piece. Love to you,
    5. jscott0363 jscott0363, 6 years ago
      This is so amazing Phil!! I looked at your post from a year ago and they're identical. The history is just wonderful.
    6. kyratango kyratango, 6 years ago
      Fantastic!!! The curator is an angel, providing history and pics of the sister of your outstanding rable :-))
    7. kyratango kyratango, 6 years ago
      Oops Table, of course :-/
    8. Windwalker, 6 years ago
      Pretty darn cool Phil,to have the history on your lovely piece as well as a sizeable investment...ps i saw you click on the vett pictures ,, '-)) lol later
    9. TimeTraveller TimeTraveller, 6 years ago
      Kykuit was featured on the A&E series “America’s Castles.” I thought the pic of the house looked familiar. Thanks for sharing your lovely table.
    10. Mrstyndall Mrstyndall, 6 years ago
      Very nic :)
    11. Mrstyndall Mrstyndall, 6 years ago
      Meant to say nice.
    12. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 6 years ago
      Thanks jscotto, the first pic she must have shook when she pressed the trigger as the carving is much sharper than the pic looks.
    13. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 6 years ago
      Thanks Pascale, and love to you !~
    14. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 6 years ago
      Thank you Windwalker, most appreciated !~
    15. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 6 years ago
      Thanks for your interest TimeTraveller. Unfortunately her picture is quite unsharp and the sharpening I did could not help since there was significant shake. The table has very sharp carvings which have been polished to make it smooth to the touch. Unfortunately it is hard to show the incredible workmanship !~
    16. jbingham95 jbingham95, 6 years ago
      Beautiful table with craftsmanship you rarely see anymore.Love the color.
    17. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 6 years ago
      Thank you so much Mrstyndall, most appreciated !~
    18. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 6 years ago
      Thank you jbingham95, most appreciated !~
    19. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 6 years ago
      Thank you valentino97, love to you !~
    20. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 6 years ago
      Thank you for the loves Brunswick Windwalker TassieDevil jscott0363 Adele racer4four TimeTraveller Newfld
    21. dlpetersen, 6 years ago
      Truly Beautiful.
    22. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 6 years ago
      Thanks dlpeterson for the nice comment !~
    23. Manikin Manikin, 6 years ago
      How wonderful they saw your table posted and were able to provide you so much history on it . It is a gorgeous table and you are so fortunate to own one also ! xoxo
    24. roddyq roddyq, 6 years ago
      Such a great piece of history Phil and the craftsmanship is fantastic!!
    25. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 6 years ago
      Thanks valentino97, love to you, xoxo !~
    26. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 6 years ago
      Thanks for comment dlpeterson, I much appreciate !~
    27. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 6 years ago
      Thank you Mani for the verey kind words, you are a gem, xoxo
    28. shareurpassion shareurpassion, 6 years ago
      Are you serious Phil??? No, I know you are, about the camera not being able to "see" the lions face clearly... OMG That just answered so many of my questions on why some photos never come out clearly!!! I am stunned and so elated that I was able to be on here tonite so that I got that info!!! And I absolutely love that table! So happy...thank you so much! xoxo
    29. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 6 years ago
      Thanks roddyq for the comment, appreciated !~
    30. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 6 years ago
      Thanks Olga, much appreciated !~
    31. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 5 years ago
      very cool!
    32. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 5 years ago
      you can say that you have the match to a table bought by the most hated man in america in 1908!
    33. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 5 years ago
      Thanks ho2cult, yes I imagine he was hated then, but the curator was one of the nicest girls I have ever dealt with. Gotta love her !~
    34. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 5 years ago
      The digital camera cannot understand the pixels completely when the face in this case is very dark. I noticed too on pictures of red stripes and other patterns, the camera also finds it hard to understand, as sometimes it almost makes you dizzy to see what the camera has almost moving stripes. Its hard to understand unless you see what the camera has done compared to what the eye sees.
    35. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 3 years ago
      Ho2, it belonged to John D. who was hated but the heirs made up for it by becoming great benefactors. They took it on for some of the business transactions that made them so hated, but loved later on from their benefactors generousity !

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