Antiques: Tapestries and mirrors from a French chateau

Des O'Sullivan previews Victor Mee's Escape from the Chateau sale

A late 17th/early 18th-century Aubusson silk and wool tapestry, left, and an early 18th-century carved giltwood pier mirror, both at Victor Mee.

An antique Aubusson tapestry or an Irish 18th-carved giltwood mirror? The choice is yours at Victor Mee's Escape from the Chateau sale with more than 1,900 lots on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 6.30pm each day. 

The primary vendor is an Irish antique dealer who is moving home from his chateau in the Charente region.

A late 17th/early 18th-century Aubusson silk and wool tapestry.

With an estimate of €6,000-€12,000 the tapestry is one of the top lots from his collection which features antique, interior and decorative lots including an Irish mahogany side table (€4,000-€6,000), a Sheraton four-poster bed (€3,000-€6,000), an 18th-century Dublin pier mirror, and a c1765 giltwood mirror with C-scroll carving (€3,000-€6,000 each). 

An Irish 18th-century carved giltwood pier mirror.

There are also Middle Eastern decorative items including coffee tables, lanterns, chargers and coffee pots (€50 to €100) and collectors are sure to. be interested in a 19th-century Dublin pawnbroker sign from Queen Street (€600-€1,200). 

The auction is on view in Co Cavan from today and the catalogue is online.