MID-18TH CENTURY

Details

A GEORGE II PINE CHIMNEYPIECE
MID-18TH CENTURY
The rectangular shelf above a cushioned frieze decorated with acorns and oak leaves, the uprights with shell-and-dart borders, previously painted white
58¾ in. (149 cm.) high overall; 76½ in. (194.5 cm.) wide overall; 7½ in. (19 cm.) deep
Height of aperture: 44¾ in. (113.5 cm.)
Width of aperture: 62 in. (157.5 cm.)

Provenance

By repute removed from 5 Carlton Terrace, London.

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Lot Essay

The cushioned leaf-wrapped frieze of this chimneypiece, adorned with a central tied ribbon, is similar to a chimneypiece design by Batty Langley, illustrated in his Treasury of Designs, 2nd ed, 1745, pl. LXL B (first published 1740). Another similar chimneypiece design by Abraham Swan (fl.1745-68) was illustrated in his The British Architect; or The Builder's Treasury of Staircases, London, 1745 (E. White, The Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design, Suffolk, 1990, p. 37).

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