A pair of bolection moulded chimney pieces (each in five pieces, one piece to be delivered at a later date)
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A pair of brèche verte de Serravezza marble chimney pieces
possibly late 17th/early 18th century
The cushion moulded friezes on similar supports terminating in rectangular blocks, very minor differences in size, one chimney piece with fascias added to the reverse, one chimney piece 153cm wide, 10cm deep, 123cm high (60" wide, 3.5" deep, 48" high), the aperture 111cm wide, 100.5cm high (43.5" wide, 39.5" high), the other 154cm wide, 13cm deep, 120cm high (60.5" wide, 5" deep, 47" high), the aperture 110cm wide, 100cm high (43" wide, 39" high).
Estimate:
£8,000 - 12,000
€9,400 - 14,000
US$ 12,000 - 18,000

Footnotes

  • Provenance: Removed from a house in Hertford Street, Park Lane, London.

    See J.Rothwell & A.Westman, The Ghost of a Royal Visit - The Furnishing of the State Apartment at Lyme Park in the mid-1670's, Furniture History, 2011, fig.9 for a similar chimney-piece commissioned by Richard Legh for the Withdrawing Room at Lyme from a London mason in 1675.

Category: Furniture / English Furniture and Works of Art

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