CIRCA 1740

Details

A GEORGE II WHITE AND BRÊCHE VIOLETTE MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE
circa 1740
The slightly breakfronted shelf above an acanthus-carved frieze centering a plaque carved with a bearded mask with laurel headress, with inner brêche violette panel and egg-and-dart rim, the jambs headed by scrolls
58½in. (148cm.) high, 68¼in. (173cm.) wide; aperture: 39½in. (100cm.) high, 38½in. (98cm.) wide

Provenance

With M.Harris & Sons, London
Purchased by Francis P. Garvan

Lot Essay

This chimneypiece with voluted-truss pilasters and acanthus-wrapped frieze with central table displaying a river-god mask is designed in the George II 'antique' or Palladian manner. Similar designs were published by Isaac Ware in his Designs of Inigo Jones and Others, 1731, pl. 37.