False door
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
Unknown
Materials
Mahogany, alabaster, wood, metal and paint
Measurements
Door: 2460mm tall, 1230mm wide; Architrave: 2120mm wide
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Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 107935
Summary
A mahogany false door on the north side of the Drawing Room, included to add symmetry to the room. The false door matches the false door opposite, and the two real doors which lead into the Music Room and the Library. The false door is surrounded by a highly decorative alabaster architrave and fitted with elaborate door furniture. The door does not open.