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PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION
(LOTS 271-272)
A GEORGE II PINE CHIMNEYPIECE
CIRCA 1750
Details
A GEORGE II PINE CHIMNEYPIECE
Circa 1750
The breakfronted shelf with leaf tip-carved, egg-and-dart and dentilled edge overhanging a frieze with central scrolling grapevine and grape bunch panel flanked by panels carved with scrolling acanthus and leafy flowering vines, the voluted jambs similarly panelled with scrolling grape vines and bunches, above a plinth base, the aperture with egg-and-dart and bead-and-reel molded surround
61in. (154.5cm.) high, 85in. (216cm.) wide, 6¾in. (17.5cm.) deep overall; 46¾in. (119cm.) height of aperture, 56¾in. (144cm.) width of aperture
Circa 1750
The breakfronted shelf with leaf tip-carved, egg-and-dart and dentilled edge overhanging a frieze with central scrolling grapevine and grape bunch panel flanked by panels carved with scrolling acanthus and leafy flowering vines, the voluted jambs similarly panelled with scrolling grape vines and bunches, above a plinth base, the aperture with egg-and-dart and bead-and-reel molded surround
61in. (154.5cm.) high, 85in. (216cm.) wide, 6¾in. (17.5cm.) deep overall; 46¾in. (119cm.) height of aperture, 56¾in. (144cm.) width of aperture