Live Auction 5681Christie's Interiors - Style and Spirit
Lot 25

A PARCEL-GILT WHITE PAINTED WOOD CHIMNEYPIECE

OF GEORGE II STYLE, BASICALLY 18TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM KENT

Closed23 February 2010

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GBP 10,000

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A PARCEL-GILT WHITE PAINTED WOOD CHIMNEYPIECE
OF GEORGE II STYLE, BASICALLY 18TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM KENT
The tablet carved in relief with Cupid's head and quivers, flanked by ribbon tied drapery swags and herm jambs below the breakfront shelf
56½ in. (143.5 cm.) high; 66 in. (167.5 cm.) wide; 9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) deep; the opening 40 in. (101.5 cm.) high; 34 in. (86.5 cm.) wide

Christie's 'The T.Crowther & Son Collection of Architectural Furnishings', 12-14 October 1992, lot 683.

Specialist note

Designed in the Palladian manner, the nymph herm pilasters with draped shoulders derive from the Diana mantelpiece, designed by William Kent for the hall of Houghton, Norfolk and illustrated in F. Hoppus, The Gentleman and Builder's Repository, 1737, pl. LVI. The drapery frieze with central tablet, comprising Cupid's mask on a love trophy of his weapons, relates to a pattern published by W. Jones, The Gentleman or Builder's Companion, 1739, pl. 22.