Antiques fair with global flavour

Impeccable provenance is the attraction of a number of pieces on offer at the 7th International Antiques and Contemporary Art Fair at the RDS in Dublin next weekend.

George Stacpoole has two 19th-century oakside tables designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin for the 2nd Earl of Dunraven of Adare Manor, Co Limerick.

The first, priced at €3,000, sits on pillared supports and has typical Pugin refinements, such as superb locks and escutcheons. The ...