A GEORGE III WHITE-PAINTED CARVED PINE OVERDOOR AND VOLUTES

ALMOST CERTAINLY FROM A ROOM DESIGNED BY ROBERT ADAM

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A GEORGE III WHITE-PAINTED CARVED PINE OVERDOOR AND VOLUTES
Almost Certainly From A Room Designed By Robert Adam
Each volute with entrelac flanking ovolo mouldings, terminating in acanthus scroll, the sides with rosettes, the lintel with rectangular top above tongue, lotus, dentil and tongue-and-groove mouldings, with traces of red, pink and green paint, minor losses to carving, lacking the end scroll to one acanthus leaf, the two volutes both plain on the same sides and therefore one at least not used with this lintel but with another similar
68 in. (173 cm.) wide; 24 in. (61 cm.) high; 5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Supplied to Edwin Lascelles, Lord Harewood (1712-1795), Harewood House, Yorkshire, almost certainly as part of Robert Adam's internal decorative schemes in the late 1760s.
By descent at Harewood to the Earl of Harewood, K.B.E, sold Christie's house sale, 3 October 1988, lot 105 (part).

Lot Essay

The Christie's house sale at Harewood in 1988 included several lots of architectural fittings that were part of the original decorative scheme created under the direction of Robert Adam but which were swept away into store during Sir Charles Barry's remodelling of the house in 1843-50. Although Harewood was Thomas Chippendale's largest commission, there is no evidence that he supplied decorative woodwork, other than room borders. It is most likely that these elements were carved by one of the excellent local craftsmen used at Harewood.

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