A PAIR OF ENGLISH FOUR-PANELLED MAHOGANY DOORS

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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 190-192) Ferne was demolished in the late 19th Century and bearing its close proximity to Ashcombe it is possible that they were bought at the sale. Ashcombe was acquired by R.W. Borley in the early 20th Century for its shooting. The existing Queen Anne house is the only remaining part of a much larger house demolished in the 19th Century (see Cecil Beaton, Ashcombe: The Story of a Fifteen-Year Lease, London, 1949). Ashcombe was 'discovered' by Cecil Beaton in the 1930s inhabited by the Borley's gamekeeper. He took two seven year leases from 1930-1944 and subsequently wrote a book on his tenure.

A PAIR OF ENGLISH FOUR-PANELLED MAHOGANY DOORS

FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

Details

A PAIR OF ENGLISH FOUR-PANELLED MAHOGANY DOORS
First half 19th Century
Each with turned rosewood door handle and brass palmette key cover and turned locking knob, two brass hinges, one door lacking one locking knob and the lock reversed, one with painted numeral '2', the other with painted numeral '12'
89 in. (226 cm.) high; 37¾ in. (96 cm.) wide; 2 in. (5 cm.) thick, with maximum ¼ in. (1 cm.) variation (2)

Provenance

Possibly Ferne House, Wiltshire.
Acquired in the 1930s either by R.W. Borley or his son Hugh for Ashcombe House, Wiltshire.

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Sale room notice

As stated in the catalogue the provenance is: Acquired in the 1930s either by R.W. Borley or his son Hugh for Ashcombe House, Wiltshire, probably from a local house sale, however not Ferne House which was demolished in the 1960s.

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