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拍品專文
The design of this giltwood frame with its prominent scallop shell and palm fronds recalls a pattern made by John Vardy (1718-65) in 1745 for a carved pier glass (en suite with pier table) for Charles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton (c. 1718-1765) for Hackwood Park, Hampshire (RIBA SD41/8 (G4/8) - although it was not executed until 1761 (R. Haslam, ‘Hackwood Park, Hampshire – II: The Home of Viscount and Viscountess Camrose’, Country Life, 17 December 1987, p. 58, fig. 5). The use of Palm fronds was a motif particularly favoured by Vardy and is found on other frames commissioned for Hackwood (‘Hackwood Park’, Christie’s house sale, 20-22 April 1998, lots 42, 78, 118). Their use is evident notably in the Vardy-designed Palm room suite at Spencer House, London (a pair of stools from the suite sold ‘The Spencer House Sale’, Christie’s, London, 8 July 2010, lot 1020), undoubtedly inspired by Inigo Jones palm frond-enclosed alcove for a bed at Greenwich for King Charles I (illustrated in J. Vardy, Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. William Kent, 1744, plate 4).
ASHDOWN HOUSE
Ashdown House was one of the seats of the Earls of Craven. In 1662, tradition has it that William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1608-97), fleeing the plague in London arrived at his Berkshire estates, and immediately struck by the beauty of the spot decided to have a house constructed for his patron, Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (1596-1662), sister of Charles I, as a country refuge. Building began, probably by Captain William Winde, soon after, but, sadly, the lady died that same year. It became a hunting lodge surrounded by a large deer park, conveniently near the Earl's main country residence at Hamstead Marshall. The Earl died without issue, and the house was inherited by his cousin's family, who became Barons Craven. Later, the 6th Baron's widow, the notorious Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1750-1828) and her new husband lived there upon their return to England in the 1790s where she wrote several plays and operas. The house was used by the army during the Second World War and was then left derelict until 1956 when it was given to the National Trust.
ASHDOWN HOUSE
Ashdown House was one of the seats of the Earls of Craven. In 1662, tradition has it that William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1608-97), fleeing the plague in London arrived at his Berkshire estates, and immediately struck by the beauty of the spot decided to have a house constructed for his patron, Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (1596-1662), sister of Charles I, as a country refuge. Building began, probably by Captain William Winde, soon after, but, sadly, the lady died that same year. It became a hunting lodge surrounded by a large deer park, conveniently near the Earl's main country residence at Hamstead Marshall. The Earl died without issue, and the house was inherited by his cousin's family, who became Barons Craven. Later, the 6th Baron's widow, the notorious Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1750-1828) and her new husband lived there upon their return to England in the 1790s where she wrote several plays and operas. The house was used by the army during the Second World War and was then left derelict until 1956 when it was given to the National Trust.