A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND SABICU STICK BAROMETER

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Robert 'Bob the Roman' Adam (d. 1792), George III's Rome-trained architect and the author of Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro, 1764, revolutionised British interior decoration with colourful Roman tablets and medallions incorporated in the furniture as well as the architecture of rooms. French-fashioned 'cabriolet' chairs, likely to have been supplied by Thomas Chippendale, with medallion backs harmonise here with Saltram's light 'antique' architecture introduced around 1770.

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND SABICU STICK BAROMETER

BY CAMPIONE, OXFORD, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND SABICU STICK BAROMETER
BY CAMPIONE, OXFORD, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The triangular open pediment with brass urn-finial above a glazed door enclosing an engraved panel with thermometer and barometer scale, above a diagonally-veneered shaft and domed reservoir centred by a bone roundel, the scale signed 'Campione OXFORD'
38¼ in. (97 cm.) high

Provenance

Bought from Ronald Phillips Ltd., February 1994.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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