A GEORGE III PINE AND PEWTER CHIMNEYPIECE

THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

Details

A GEORGE III PINE AND PEWTER CHIMNEYPIECE
Third Quarter 18th Century
The molded rectangular shelf above a frieze with sphinxes holding husks and centered by an urn, the pilaster jambs with oval medallions centered by sunflowers, with modern aperture lining
Overall: 54½in. (138.5cm.) high; 66in. (167.5cm.) wide; 5½in. (14cm.) deep

Provenance

The late Dr. Daniel McLean Macdonald, sold Christie's London, 25 May 1993, lot 91

Lot Essay

The elegant ornament of this chimneypiece was popularised by R. & J. Adam's Works in Architecture, 1773-9, and it relates in particularly to patterns published in M. Pergolesi's Designs for Various Ornaments, 1784.