A PAIR OF CARVED AND STAINED LIMEWOOD GARLANDS,

19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF GRINLING GIBBONS

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A PAIR OF CARVED AND STAINED LIMEWOOD GARLANDS,
19TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF GRINLING GIBBONS
each: 64in. (162.5cm.) long (2)

Lot Essay

Gibbons, celebrated for the naturalistic illusionism of his wood carvings, was described as 'an original genius' and 'a citizen of nature' in Horace Walpole's Anecdotes of painting in England, 1762-71.

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