A George III mahogany and inlaid oval occasional table

A George III mahogany and inlaid oval occasional table, circa 1790, the top decorated with a radiating stylised fan parquetry design, above a frieze inlaid with stringing, above square section tapering legs and a shaped undertier, with remnants of a paper label to the underside 'Bought... HICKS, Collector and .. ippendale, Adams...', 75cm cm high, 58cm wide, 38cm deep
The label probably relates to one James Hicks who was born into a family of Dublin chair-makers and was trained in London in the cabinet making workshops on Tottenham Court Road. On his return to Dublin he set up businesses in Lower Pembroke Street in 1894 and established what was to become one of the city's leading cabinet-making firms. His clients included Princess Victoria, the Crown Princess of Sweden, and King Edward VII. The firm specialised in high quality copies of pieces in the styles of Sheraton, Hepplewhite, Chippendale styles as well as pieces in the style of the prominent 18th century Dublin cabinet-maker and marqueteer William Moore. Hicks described himself as a 'Cabinet Manufacturer, Collector and Restorer of Chippendale, Adam and Sheraton furniture' - it is a fragment of this label present on the current lot.