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A GEORGE II GREY-PAINTED WOOD CHIMNEYPIECE

THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE II GREY-PAINTED WOOD CHIMNEYPIECE
THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
With a trellis frieze centred by scolling acanthus, the jambs with fluted Corinthian columns headed by a Gothic star, with a later limestone slip
55½ in. (141 cm.) high; 70¼ in. (178.5 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20 cm.) deep; The aperture: 42¾ in. (108.5 cm.) high; 48 in. (122 cm.) wide
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage
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Please note that the frieze section of the later limestone slip has been damaged and will be restored at Christie's expense and direction

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Related chimneypiece designs were executed by the cabinet-maker John Linnell, author of A New Book of Ornaments, 1760; and by the Shrewsbury architect Thomas Farnolls Pritchard (1723-1777) for Croft Castle, Herefordshire Circa 1765 (see H. Hayward, William and John Linnell, London, 1980; H. Hayward, 'The Shoppee Album', Furniture History, 1990, pp.99-100; and J. Ionides, Thomas Farnolls Pritchard, Ludlow, 1999).