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Armada Table
Object: Furniture
Country of Origin: Spain
Description: Armada Table. This table is decorated with ornate legs, two of which represent the figures of Hope and Charity. It is inlaid with marquetry but the top of the table is not original. It is on loan from the Inchiquin collection. Sixteenth century sources maintain that parts of this table were remnants from a Spanish Armada which sank off the west coast of Clare in 1588. Boethius Clancy almost lost his life retrieving this salvage. The figure of Charity is the most important of the three theological virtues. Faith and Hope are the other two virtues. Due to the carvings, the table can clearly be dated to the sixteenth-century.
Acc. No: 236
Item No: 6
Subject Type: Table
Object Type: Furniture
Location: North Solar
Nationality: Spanish
Mediums / Material: Wood/oak
Measurements Metric: 240cm L x 90cm W x 34cm H
Measurements Imperial: 8ft L x 3ft W x 34" H