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A LARGE SECTION OF GEORGE III BLUE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CARVED ARCHITECTURAL MOULDING

CIRCA 1758-65, ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN VARDY, PROBABLY FOR SPENCER HOUSE

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A LARGE SECTION OF GEORGE III BLUE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CARVED ARCHITECTURAL MOULDING
CIRCA 1758-65, ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN VARDY, PROBABLY FOR SPENCER HOUSE
Carved with ribbon-tied berried laurel
73 in. (185 cm.) long

Provenance

Almost certainly supplied to John, 1st Earl Spencer (1734-1783) for Spencer House circa 1758-65, and by descent until removed to Althorp by Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975) in the 1930s.

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