The Family Corridor chimneypiece
Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792)
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
circa 1761 - 1768
Materials
Alabaster and marble
Measurements
1685 x 2220 x 260 mm
Place of origin
Great Britain
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 107909.1
Summary
Alabaster and marble, the Family Corridor fireplace, designed by Robert Adam (1728-92), with oval jasperware plaque by Josiah Wedgwood (1730-95), c. 1761-68, plaque c. 1785. The Family Corridor fireplace carved of alabaster, with moulded shelf carved with acanthus and egg and dart cornice motif. The frieze fluted, flanked by circular paterae in relief, with centralised rectangular black-veined marble panel inlaid with Wedgwood jasperware plaque (see NT 107909.2). Jambs surmounted with white marble blocks carved with relief festoons; volute jambs of alabaster with acanthus corbels. Moulding at aperture in white marble carved with foliate motif. The chimneypiece was designed by Robert Adam; see original design dated 1761 (NT 109900) inscribed by Nathaniel Curzon (1726-1804) 'Executed with the addition of a Wedgwood plaque in centre'.
Provenance
Purchased by Nathaniel Curzon (1726-1804) c. 1761-68 as part of Robert Adam's remodelling of Kedleston; purchased with part of the contents of Kedleston with the aid of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1987 when the house and park were given to the National Trust by Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924-2000).
Credit line
Kedleston Hall, The Scarsdale Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and transferred to The National Trust in 1987)
Makers and roles
Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792), architect Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792), designer