拍品 41
41
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GEORGE III WHITE AND SIENA MARBLE CHIMNEY-PIECE, the moulded inverted breakfront shelf above a dentilled band and Greek-key frieze centred by a floral tablet, the jambs headed by floral panels and with Ionic volutes above a flowerhead and fluted tapering pilaster, on rectangular block feet, the rectangular hearth opening with egg-and-dart edge

细节
A GEORGE III WHITE AND SIENA MARBLE CHIMNEY-PIECE, the moulded inverted breakfront shelf above a dentilled band and Greek-key frieze centred by a floral tablet, the jambs headed by floral panels and with Ionic volutes above a flowerhead and fluted tapering pilaster, on rectangular block feet, the rectangular hearth opening with egg-and-dart edge
overall: 86¼in. (219cm.) wide; 58¼in. (148cm.) high
the opening: 49½in. (126cm.) wide; 45¼in. (115cm.) high
来源
By repute, Londonderry House, Park Lane
Purchased by the present owner in the early 1960s

拍品专文

The reputed provenance of this chimneypiece is supported by the date of its purchase; Londonderry House was the last survivor of the great London palaces and not demolished until 1962-3. James Stuart's house of 1760 was much altered by Benjamin and Philip Wyatt in the 1820s but a certain amount of Stuart's work, particularly on the first floor, survived until demolition