CIRCA 1785

Details

A George III statuary marble chimneypiece
Circa 1785
The frieze tablet with urn flanked by foliate scrolls, the fluted jambs with ribbon-tied trophies
52½ in. (133.5 cm.) high, 66½ in. (169 cm.) wide, 7½ in. (19 cm.) deep; the opening -- 39¼ in. (99.5 cm.) high, 40 in. (101.5 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

The tablets above the pilasters of the antique fluted chimneypiece display beribboned trophies combining Cupids weapons with Hymens torch; while the central tablet displays a sacred urn emerging from flower scrolls of Roman acanthus. The latter, in the Roman fashion popularised by George III's court architect Robert Adam (d.1792) relates to one illustrated in I.& J.Taylor's Designs for Chimneypieces circa 1775, (pl.13)

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