Lot Essay
The statuary marble chimneypiece has a moulded and foliated cornice with projecting 'architectural ends' above free-standing Roman Doric columns, whose shafts are of jasper marble en suite with the frieze. The latter is enriched with Doric triglyphs accompanied by paterae alternating with sunflower medallions in the George III antique manner.
The Roman Doric columns of the chimneypiece are in the mid-18th Century fashion and can be compared to designs by Sir William Chambers, which were commissioned by Major E. R. Compton, for the entrance and the pavillion in the Pheasantry at Newby Hall, Yorkshire (J. Harris, Sir William Chambers - Knight of the Polar Star, London, 1970, figs. 76 and 77).
The Roman Doric columns of the chimneypiece are in the mid-18th Century fashion and can be compared to designs by Sir William Chambers, which were commissioned by Major E. R. Compton, for the entrance and the pavillion in the Pheasantry at Newby Hall, Yorkshire (J. Harris, Sir William Chambers - Knight of the Polar Star, London, 1970, figs. 76 and 77).