SUPPLIED TO ASKE HALL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JOHN CARR OF YORK
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A GEORGE III WHITE-PAINTED CARVED-PINE CHIMNEYPIECE
Supplied to Aske Hall under the direction of John Carr of York
The moulded rectangular breakfront shelf above a stepped moulded cornice with ribbon and rosette and lappeted bands, above an acanthus- scrolled frieze with lappeted border and central tablet with confronting C-scrolls over flowers, the frieze with a pair of acanthus motifs at each end, the rectangular aperture with egg-and-dart alternating with shell and flowerhead moulding, the sides with entwined acanthus on rectangular tapering pilasters, each on a rectangular plinth, with a marble slip, the blocks replaced, redecorated, minor losses, the left-hand upright stripped, lacking marble slip
60 in. x 74 in. (152.5 x 188 cm.)
Aperture: 47½ in. x 55 in. (120.5 x 139.5 cm.)
Supplied to Aske Hall under the direction of John Carr of York
The moulded rectangular breakfront shelf above a stepped moulded cornice with ribbon and rosette and lappeted bands, above an acanthus- scrolled frieze with lappeted border and central tablet with confronting C-scrolls over flowers, the frieze with a pair of acanthus motifs at each end, the rectangular aperture with egg-and-dart alternating with shell and flowerhead moulding, the sides with entwined acanthus on rectangular tapering pilasters, each on a rectangular plinth, with a marble slip, the blocks replaced, redecorated, minor losses, the left-hand upright stripped, lacking marble slip
60 in. x 74 in. (152.5 x 188 cm.)
Aperture: 47½ in. x 55 in. (120.5 x 139.5 cm.)
Provenance
Supplied to Sir Lawrence Dundas, Bt., (d. 1794) for Aske Hall, Yorkshire.
Thence by descent to the Marquess and Marchioness of Zetland, Aske Hall, Richmond, North Yorkshire, sold Tennants house sale, 22 September 1994, included in lots 1797 and 1934.
Thence by descent to the Marquess and Marchioness of Zetland, Aske Hall, Richmond, North Yorkshire, sold Tennants house sale, 22 September 1994, included in lots 1797 and 1934.