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A George II carved pine overmantle
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A George II carved pine overmantle

CIRCA 1750

細節
A George II carved pine overmantle
Circa 1750
The break-arch pediment above a central tablet carved in relief with bow and arrows, the sides with scallop-shell capped guilloche bands terminating in acanthus clasped volutes
68½ in. (174 cm.) high, 75½ in. (192.8 cm.) wide, 6 in. (15.2 cm.) deep; the opening, sight measurement -- 45 in. (114.3 cm.) high, 44 in. (111.7 cm.) wide
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拍品專文

The temple-pedimented overmantel, with shell-capped and truss-supported pilasters enriched with flowered ribbon-guilloches, derives from a George II Roman pattern invented for Houghton, Norfolk in 1726 by the Rome-trained artist/architect William Kent. Published in W.Kent's Designs of Inigo Jones..with some Additional Designs (by Lord Burlington and himself), 1727; it was later popularised by F.Hoppus The Gentleman and Builders Repository, 1737 (pl.LVI). Its love-trophy tablet of Cupid's weapons relates to that of a George II marble chimneypiece in the Print Room at Syon House, Middlesex.