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According to a description by John Lambert Jones published in 1853 and dedicated to the Duke of Leinster, ‘The main characteristic of the collection is wonderful Picturesqueness’.  \r\n\r\nEverything in the suite, including a wine cooler now in the collection of the National Trust, Sydney, Australia, was intended to illustrate Irish history and antiquities.  In the case of this table, this is seen in the incorporation of shamrocks and Irish harps in the carved decoration.","physicalDescription":"Quadrupod pedestal table, carved bog yew with two flap swivelling table top - before unfolding the flaps they are swivelled anticlockwise by 90 degrees on an off-centred axis.  The base of the table richly carved with scrolls, flowers and foliage and a harp.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Arthur J. 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Jones & Son of Dublin for the Great Exhibition held in London in 1851. The carved decoration of a harp and shamrocks on the card table was typical of the rest of the furniture which was designed and decorated to illustrate the history, antiquities, animals and vegetation of Ireland. The suite included an upholstered armchair, a pole screen, a tea poy, a wine-table, a chair and a wine cooler. The wine cooler is now in the collection of the National Trust of New South Wales, Sydney.","historicalContext":"New ideas for materials and techniques, and designs inspired by national history and culture, dominated the displays of different furniture-making firms in the 1851 Exhibition. Several Irish firms, including Arthur Jones, Dawson Bell of Belfast, and J. Curran of Lisburn,  exhibited examples of furniture made from native timbers such as bog yew or bog oak. These pieces were decorated with national emblems, such as harps, shamrocks and the Irish wolf-hound, as well as with motifs illustrative of Irish history, some copied from drawings of original relics, such as horns and bronze reaping hooks.","briefDescription":"Card table of bog yew, with carved decoration, including shamrocks and Irish harps.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[{"text":"Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations","id":"V11"}],"contentOthers":[{"text":"shamrock","id":"x34970"},{"text":"Irish harp","id":"AAT42092"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"WHIST TABLE\r\nIRISH; 1851\r\nBog yew\r\n\r\nBy Arthur J. Jones, Son & Co., of Dublin. This table is part of an extensive suite made of bog yew and shown at the 1851 Exhibition. According to an elaborate Description, published in 1853, dedicated to the Duke of Leinster by John Lambert Jones, 'The main characteristic of the collection is wonderful PICTURESQUENESS.' It represented 'the first effort to introduce the art of wood sculpture into Ireland.'","date":{"text":"pre October 2000","earliest":null,"latest":"2000-09-30"}},{"text":"TABLE\r\nBRITISH; 1851\r\nDesigned and made by Arthur Jones, Stephen's Green, Dublin.\r\nBog Yew\r\nJones showed a large guite of bog yew furniture at the International Exhibition of 1851, which included this table and a wine cooler now in the collection of the National Trust, Sydney, Australia. The furniture was intended to illustrate Irish history and antiquities.","date":{"text":"pre July 2001","earliest":null,"latest":"2001-06-30"}}],"partNumbers":["W.33-1976"],"accessionNumberNum":"33","accessionNumberPrefix":"W","accessionYear":1976,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-23","recordCreationDate":"2001-01-25","availableToBook":true}}