A British overmantel frame designed to hold a painting and three looking-glass panels, in Palladian ('Kent') style, possibly containing or constructed from antique elements
architrave profile with outset corners at the top, supported by S-scrolled brackets at the base; with ribbon-bound festoons of fruit depending from the upper corners at the back edge; egg-&-dart below the top edge; sanded frieze with applied rosettes in the upper corners; astragal-&-triple bead at the sight edge; a double festoon of ribbon-bound fruit depending from a trompe l'oeil nailhead at the crest; with a fluted panel along the bottom between plain side-blocks
Lot Closed
April 10, 04:03 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A British overmantel frame designed to hold a painting and three looking-glass panels, in Palladian ('Kent') style, possibly containing or constructed from antique elements
architrave profile with outset corners at the top, supported by S-scrolled brackets at the base; with ribbon-bound festoons of fruit depending from the upper corners at the back edge; egg-&-dart below the top edge; sanded frieze with applied rosettes in the upper corners; astragal-&-triple bead at the sight edge; a double festoon of ribbon-bound fruit depending from a trompe l'oeil nailhead at the crest; with a fluted panel along the bottom between plain side-blocks
Overall: 125.4 x 102 cm.
Rebate: 61.4 x 87.7 cm.
Sight size: 58.6 x 85 cm.
Private collection; Whence sold, London, Sotheby's, 10 April 2013, lot 47 (when on Abraham Willaerts, Ships moored off a rocky coastline with fishermen unloading their catch).1
1 https://aem.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/old-master-british-paintings-l13030/lot.47.html
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