Overmantel
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
Unknown
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Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1130377
Summary
Plasterwork overmantel above the fireplace on the west wall. Includes the large central figure of Cybele, holding a cornucopia and wearing a headress containing a castle or city walls surrounded by fruit and wheat. Hills, trees and branches surround the figure with a lion, unicorn and a stag also in the scene. In the sky are dipictions of the sun and moon. The image is highlighted with gold paintwork.