How Cork's 'architect earl' inspired neo-Palladian design 

Des O'Sullivan previews the chairs, dining sets, textiles and paintings on show at Christie's New York auctions in October 

The Getty dining room in San Francisco.

A magnificent set of 10 chairs, described by Christie’s as the apogee of Kentian design and the ultimate flowering of the Palladian aesthetic, will come to auction in New York on October 20. 

They are by no means the most expensive lot from the Ann and Gordon Getty Collection to be sold over four evening and day auctions in New York from October 20 but there is an Irish connection.