CIRCA 1825

Details

A rare English window blind
Circa 1825
Printed with a Gothic window with armorial stained glass; two episcopul, the Archbishop of York and the See of Winchester
41in. (104cm.) wide, 92in. (233.5cm.) drop

Provenance

The Earl of Bradford, Weston Park, Shropshire, sold Christie's South Kensington House Sale, 13-14 May 1986, lot 798.

Literature

Pauline Agias, Furniture and Interiors, Ackerman's Regency 1984, p. 23.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

This heraldic blind reflects the romantic Gothic taste of the early 19th century, such as the armorial-escutcheoned ceiling and walls introduced by George IV at Windsor Castle's St.George's Hall with assistance from Thomas Willement (see Lots 793 and 794). Similar trompe l'oeil stained glass blinds hung at Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire (see J. Fowler and J. Cornforth, English Decoration of the Eighteenth Century, London, 1974, p. 122).

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