Superb Quality Satinwood Games Table attributed to William Moore of Dublin. The Table dates to Circa 1790. The table opens to reveal a green baise surface. The Fan and Floral detailed inlay to the top above a rosewood inlayed frieze all raised on tapering striaght legs with inlay to the front. This is a rare table and William Moore furniture is always sought after.
Dimensions Width 36" (91.5cm) Depth 19" (48cm) Height 29" (73cm) - Diam open 36" (91.5cm)
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Whilst associated with Ireland, William Moore (d.1815) was a London cabinet maker who served his apprenticeship with the celebrated London firm of Ince and Mayhew where he specialized as a 'marqueteur.' Moore's apprenticeship with Ince and Mayhew provided him not only with the finest skill as a cabinetmaker and marquetry specialist but also with an education in contemporary taste and design that enabled him to set up on his own in 1782. Keen to open his own firm and with the high end of the London market saturated with firms such as Thomas Chippendale, John Cobb, John Linnell and of course, Ince and Mayhew, Moore opted to move to Dublin. This proved to be well timed and profitable due to the birth of Dublin's Georgian New Town and the massive increase in demand for fashionable cabinet makers. Moore's first known premises were in Abbey Street, 1785-90 and subsequently larger premises in Capel Street, where he remained until his death in 1815.