Details

A PAIR OF REGENCY GILTWOOD TWO-LIGHT WALL-LIGHTS EARLY 19TH CENTURY Each with a drapery and tasselled backplate hung over a patera, with eagle, chain and balls above a lion-mask issuing scrolling branches with giltmetal nozzles, re-gilt 26½ in. (67.5 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Certainly acquired before 1922-23 when illustrated in situ by Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A. in his sketch book.

Literature

'Two RA's at home: Sir Albert Richardson at Ampthill, James Fitton at Dulwich', House and Garden, vol. XIII, 1958, p.76, where illustrated in The Music-Room.