A MONUMENTAL ADAM PERIOD MAHOGANY AND WHITE PAINTED DOOR, C.1750
WITH HIGHLY CARVED ORIGINAL SURROUND WITH EXTENSIVE AND MASTERFULLY EXECUTED CARVED URNS, FOLIATE DETAILS, ANTHEMION, AND ACANTHUS DEATILING. LATER PAINTED IN A DIRTY WHITE PAINT, ENCLOSING A WEIGHTY MAHOGANY DOOR WITH FIELDED PANELS AND INTRICATE SURROUNDING CARVING. THE SURFACE WITH A DEEP, MOLASSES-RICH MAHOGANY SURFACE; PERFECTLY DRY AND UNTOUCHED. THE DOOR FURNITURE [ HANDLE/HINGES, LOCK ETC. ] ALL BY MATTHEW BOULTON, THE RENOWNED 18TH CENTURY MASTER CASTER. COMPARABLES CAN BE SEEN IN KEDLESTON HALL, AND SALTRAM HOUSE; THE ADAM DESIGN DIFFERENTIATED ON THIS PIECE, BY THE UNUSAL HANGING TASSELS ABOVE THE FRIEZE.
H 255CM, 8’ 3 1/2” X W 180CM, 71”
A MONUMENTAL ADAM PERIOD MAHOGANY AND WHITE PAINTED DOOR, C.1750
WITH HIGHLY CARVED ORIGINAL SURROUND WITH EXTENSIVE AND MASTERFULLY EXECUTED CARVED URNS, FOLIATE DETAILS, ANTHEMION, AND ACANTHUS DEATILING. LATER PAINTED IN A DIRTY WHITE PAINT, ENCLOSING A WEIGHTY MAHOGANY DOOR WITH FIELDED PANELS AND INTRICATE SURROUNDING CARVING. THE SURFACE WITH A DEEP, MOLASSES-RICH MAHOGANY SURFACE; PERFECTLY DRY AND UNTOUCHED. THE DOOR FURNITURE [ HANDLE/HINGES, LOCK ETC. ] ALL BY MATTHEW BOULTON, THE RENOWNED 18TH CENTURY MASTER CASTER. COMPARABLES CAN BE SEEN IN KEDLESTON HALL, AND SALTRAM HOUSE; THE ADAM DESIGN DIFFERENTIATED ON THIS PIECE, BY THE UNUSAL HANGING TASSELS ABOVE THE FRIEZE.
H 255CM, 8’ 3 1/2” X W 180CM, 71”
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