A GEORGE II PINE DOOR AND DOOR SURROUND

CIRCA 1745-1750

Details

A GEORGE II PINE DOOR AND DOOR SURROUND
CIRCA 1745-1750
With shaped shell and foliate-carved panel over an outset frame, previously decorated, altered in height
107 in. (271.8 cm.) high, 61 in. (155 cm.) wide, 10 in. (25.4 cm.) deep

Provenance

Bequest of Irwin Untermyer, 1973.

Literature

Highlights of the Untermyer Collection of English and Continental Decorative Arts, New York, 1977, p. 79, no. 139.

Lot Essay

The pair to this door was sold by the Metropolitan Museum of Art at Sotheby's, New York, 18 October 2006, lot 314. The design corresponds to the door frames in the rococo Hall at Saltram, Devon, which was part of the remodel for John Parker in 1745-1750 (see C. Hussey, English Country Houses: Mid Georgian 1760-1800, Suffolk, 1955, p. 126, pl. 241).

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