AN IRISH GEORGE III STATUARY MARBLE AND SCAGLIOLA CHIMNEYPIECE, in the manner of Pietro Bossi, the breakfront shelf with a moulded edge, above a frieze decorated with ribbon-tied trophies alternating with roundels and corn husk garlands, the endblocks each centred by a roundel within a ribbon-tied wreath, the jambs each decorated with an inlaid rectangular panel of ribbons, cornets and pendant foliage, on a block foot (minor chips; the right hand pilaster broken and repaired; some restorations), late 18th century | Christie's

Lot 731

731

AN IRISH GEORGE III STATUARY MARBLE AND SCAGLIOLA CHIMNEYPIECE, in the manner of Pietro Bossi, the breakfront shelf with a moulded edge, above a frieze decorated with ribbon-tied trophies alternating with roundels and corn husk garlands, the endblocks each centred by a roundel within a ribbon-tied wreath, the jambs each decorated with an inlaid rectangular panel of ribbons, cornets and pendant foliage, on a block foot (minor chips; the right hand pilaster broken and repaired; some restorations), late 18th century

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AN IRISH GEORGE III STATUARY MARBLE AND SCAGLIOLA CHIMNEYPIECE, in the manner of Pietro Bossi, the breakfront shelf with a moulded edge, above a frieze decorated with ribbon-tied trophies alternating with roundels and corn husk garlands, the endblocks each centred by a roundel within a ribbon-tied wreath, the jambs each decorated with an inlaid rectangular panel of ribbons, cornets and pendant foliage, on a block foot (minor chips; the right hand pilaster broken and repaired; some restorations), late 18th century
73¾in. (187.5cm.) wide; 50in. (127cm.) high; 6½in. (16.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The elegant neo-classical ornament is typical of the work of Pietro Bossi, the Italian scagliola specialist working in Dublin in the late 18th century

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