The Marble Hall fireplaces
George Richardson (Edinburgh c. 1738 - London 1813)
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
circa 1775 - 1778
Materials
White marble, painted plaster, brass, steel, veined marble
Measurements
1760 x 2110 x 170 mm
Place of origin
Great Britain
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Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 108016
Summary
White marble, painted plasterwork, brass and steel, veined marble, the Marble Hall fireplaces, designed by George Richardson (c. 1738-1813), c. 1775-8. The western and eastern fireplaces in the Marble Hall at Kedleston, a pair, designed by George Richardson. Comprised of matching marble chimneypieces probably carved by the Derby sculptor George Moneypenny (fl. 1740-1807), matching plasterwork probably made by Joseph Rose & Co., matching brass and steel basket grates made in Birmingham, possibly by Thomas Blockley (c. 1705-89), and matching marble hearth stones made by local stonemasons. For the western fireplace see NT 108016.1; for the eastern fireplace see NT 108016.2.
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
George Richardson (Edinburgh c. 1738 - London 1813), architect probably George Moneypenny (fl.1740-1807), sculptor probably Joseph Rose II (1744-99), plasterer possibly Thomas Blockley (1705 - 1789) , founder George Richardson (Edinburgh c. 1738 - London 1813), designer
References
Harris 1987: Leslie Harris and Gervase Jackson-Stops (ed.), Robert Adam and Kedleston: The Making of a Neo-Classical Masterpiece, London 1987, pp. 60-63, no. 49.