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An antique mahogany Irish wake table, likely late 18th or early 19th century, the extra-long oval table would have once been used year-round as a dining table. Yet, it also would have served as the focal furnishing of a wake when a death occurred. Its form allows it to be used to display the coffin of the deceased before burial. Irish Celtic tradition mandated that the body of the recently departed be watched constantly to prevent its removal by evil spirits, approx 182cm wide x 115cm deep (when raised, approx 47cm when leaves are down x 74cm tall
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