19TH CENTURY TRIPLE CHAIR SETTEE BY BUTLER OF DUBLIN - REF No. 8031

A stunning 19th century Irish carved mahogany triple chair back settee by Butler of Dublin in the 18th century style, the triple domed crest, above an elaborately carved and interlaced ribbon splat, joined to the padded seat by out scrolling arms which terminate in wonderful lion masks, raised on acanthus carved cabriole legs terminating in ball and claw feet 

Circa 1890

Irish

Artists Biography:

Michael Butler, from a family of Dublin cabinet­makers, is recorded at 26, 126 and 127 Upper Abbey Street, between 1885­ 1903, then as Michael Butler Ltd, Antique Galleries, from the same address between 1904 to ­1912. His firm specialized in reproducing Irish 18th Century mahogany furniture. One of Butler's most prestigious commissions was to furnish the Viceregal Lodge in 1903, in preparation for a state visit. Other patrons of his included the Earl of Abercorn, the Earl and Countess of Coventry, the Countess of Clonmell and the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, who bought furniture for Clarence House.