Lot Essay
A similar jewelled chimneypiece was sold by David Style, Esq., Wateringbury Place, Kent, Christie's house sale, 31 May-2 June 1978, lot 555
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A GEORGE III GREEN-PAINTED, EBONISED, POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND JEWELLED-PASTE CHIMNEYPIECE
Details
A GEORGE III GREEN-PAINTED, EBONISED, POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND JEWELLED-PASTE CHIMNEYPIECE
The inverted breakfront moulded cornice carved with leaf-scrolls and dentils alternating with Thyrsus finials, the panelled frieze with central foliate-edged tablet inlaid with an oil lamp flanked by scrolled jewelled arabesques and palmette and husk-sprays, framed by oval plaques, the volute jambs with foliate decoration issuing jewelled sprays with canopies, urns and platforms, and enclosing a beaded ribbon-and-reel foliate slip on a moulded plinth, restorations and minor areas of re-touching
78in. (198cm.) wide; 63¾in. (161.5cm.) high; 6¾in. (17cm.)deep
Aperture: 52½in. (133cm.) wide; 48¾in. (124cm.) high
The inverted breakfront moulded cornice carved with leaf-scrolls and dentils alternating with Thyrsus finials, the panelled frieze with central foliate-edged tablet inlaid with an oil lamp flanked by scrolled jewelled arabesques and palmette and husk-sprays, framed by oval plaques, the volute jambs with foliate decoration issuing jewelled sprays with canopies, urns and platforms, and enclosing a beaded ribbon-and-reel foliate slip on a moulded plinth, restorations and minor areas of re-touching
78in. (198cm.) wide; 63¾in. (161.5cm.) high; 6¾in. (17cm.)deep
Aperture: 52½in. (133cm.) wide; 48¾in. (124cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 11 April 1991, lot 25