Live Auction 5903Christie's Interiors
Lot 128

A PAIR OF REGENCY PARCEL-GILT AND BRONZED CARVED WOOD CURTAIN POLE TERMINALS

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Closed19 May 2009

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GBP 500

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A PAIR OF REGENCY PARCEL-GILT AND BRONZED CARVED WOOD CURTAIN POLE TERMINALS
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Modelled as Lion's heads with open mouths as appertures and stylised carved manes
9. in. (24 cm.) high; 9. in. (24 cm.) deep (2)

Specialist note

The detail of this pair of curtain-pole terminals reflects the antique style promoted in the furnishings of Carlton House by George, Prince of Wales, later George IV. In the mid 1790s, Charles Heathcote Tatham visited Rome to gain inspiration for the Palace's embellishment, and was author of Etchings of Ancient Ornament Architecture.