An openwork Lorandini stove in Carrara marble, its centre inset with a Marochetti bronze medallion based on Jean Goujon’s medallions over the entrance to the Hotel Carnavalet, Paris. Medallion shows two putti supporting the Bankes coat-of-arms, the left putto holding a depiction of Kingston Hall in its original state over the top of the coat-of-arms and the right putto holding a copy of Pratt’s plan for the main floor. Two further small medallions on the sides.
Pietro Lorandini and Baron Carlo Marochetti, RA (Turin 1805 – Passy, Paris 1867)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1850 - 1853
Materials
Bronze, Carrara marble
Measurements
1000 mm (H)1100 mm (W)480 mm (D)340 mm (Diameter)160 mm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1257595.2
Summary
Radiator cover - Open-work stove in Carrara marble (radiator cover), with rounded rectangular top. The front is pierced with dolphins, shells and tridents. The centre is inset with a bronze medallion showing reliefs of putti holding a coat-of-arms. This one [on the right-hand side] also shows Kingston Hall's original north-elevation and Pratt's plan for the principal floor. Two further small medallions (lion's heads) on the sides done from several moulds. Ducal Coronet?? One of a pair, for the other see KLA/SC/7.1. The insets are based on Jean Goujon's medallion over the entrance to the Hotel Carnavalet in Paris.
Provenance
Commissioned by William Bankes from Pietro Lorandini in June 1850. The bronze inset centres were ordered from Baron Carlo Marochetti (1805-1867) in October 1853 when the sculptor visited Bankes in Paris with 'his two most beautiful daguerreotypes' for them.
Marks and inscriptions
APISTON MEN YDWP (water is best)
Makers and roles
Pietro Lorandini and Baron Carlo Marochetti, RA (Turin 1805 – Passy, Paris 1867), sculptor Baron Carlo Marochetti, RA (Turin 1805 – Passy, Paris 1867), sculptor Pietro Lorandini, sculptor