AN EARLY VICTORIAN SCOTTISH MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE

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Gothic Simplicity The designs published from the 1830's by the English designer and architect A.W.N.Pugin (1812-1852) were a throwback to Medieval simplicity, seeking to rid the Gothic Revival of the fussiness invented in the 18th Century and published by Batty Langley, W. and J. Halfpenny and others. The chimneypiece, firegrate and stools here reflect that new refined vision. THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE SIR JAMES STIRLING (447-448)

AN EARLY VICTORIAN SCOTTISH MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE

OF GOTHIC STYLE, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Details

AN EARLY VICTORIAN SCOTTISH MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE
OF GOTHIC STYLE, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The frieze centred by a rosette flanked by two shields, the jambs as cluster columns, on a fossil black marble hearth
50½ in. (128.4 cm.) high; 60 1/8 in. (152.5 cm.) wide; 12 1/8 in. (31 cm.) deep excluding hearth
The opening -- 41¼ x 38 in. (154.6 x 96.5 cm.)

Provenance

The Carnegie Family, Stobo Castle, Peebleshire, possibly sold at the Sotheby's house sale, 10-11 April 1972.

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Lot Essay

The left hand coat-of-arms to this chimneypiece are that of Mac Gregor of Lanrick and Balquhidder, co. Perth. The right hand coat-of-arms is that of Murray quartering Strabogli, Stewart, Stanley, Lathom, the Isle of Man, Strange and Murray, for Sir Evan John Murray Mac Gregor 2nd Bt. (1785-1841) later Mac Gregor of Mac Gregor (changed by Royal License in 1822) and his wife Lady Elizabeth Murray (d. 1846), daughter of 4th Duke of Atholl, whom he married in 1808. Sir Evan was the 19th Chief of Clan Gregor and Governor of the Windward Islands. In 1830 he started work building Edinchip House, Lochearnhead which was to become the seat of succeeding Chiefs for the next 150 years. It is very likely that the current chimneypiece originally came from Edinchip House.

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