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A FINE STATUARY SIENA AND SICILIAN JASPER CHIMNEYPIECE
THE FRIEZE WITH RUNNING VITRUVIAN SCROLLS CENTRED ON A TABLET, ABOVE MOULDED JAMBS FLANKED BY SHAPED SCROLL BRACKETS
English, circa 1740, in the manner of James Gibbs
Dimensions: 79”(200cm) wide
62”(158cm) high
9”(23cm) deep
Aperture: 52”(132cm) wide
42”(107cm) high
James Gibbs succeeded Vanbrugh as the major architect of the English Baroque. The design of this chimneypiece corresponds closely with examples in documented Gibbs’ houses, notably Ragley Hall.
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