A GEORGE III MAHOGANY DUMB-WAITER

細節

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY DUMB-WAITER
With three graduated circular dished tiers united by a central baluster turned column on a tripartite base, cabriole legs and pad feet, on leather castors, repairs and damages to top tier
43 in. (109.2 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) diam.

來源

Almost certainly supplied to Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle (d. 1825) for Castle Howard, Yorkshire and by descent to
The Hon. Simon Howard, Castle Howard, Sotheby's house sale, 11 November 1991, lot 65.

拍品專文

Castle Howard, Yorkshire was designed by the playwrite, turned architect, Sir John Vanbrugh (d. 1726) for the 3rd Earl of Carlisle. It is one of greatest English Baroque country houses, centred by the great dome, and the building of it employed the skills of Nicholas Hawksmoor (d. 1736), another great English 18th Century architect.