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DONABATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Date: Wednesday 20TH June 2018
Time: 8:30 P.M.
Venue: in St Patricks Hall - Donabate
Admission fee: €4.00

ILLUSTRATED TALK BY GEORGE WILLIAMS
George - runs George Williams Antiques in Newcastle House, Co Meath
He specializes in the sale of 18th and early 19th century English and Irish furniture.
He also offers a full restoration and upholstery service.

TITLE OF TALK: Irish Georgian furniture and the creation of Class

This lecture traces the history of the boom in Ireland in the 18th century. Dublin City being the second capital in the British Empire.
The huge surge on Timber resources.
Cabinetmakers and the manufacture of furniture and the introduction of Mahogany
The wealth that was created and the shops and possessions that all the upper-class people wanted.
Who built these great houses and the architects who designed them and artists who captured images of the time.

DON’T MISS THIS WONDERFUL LOOK BACK INTO OUR PAST
All our welcome
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