Chimneypiece with Children garlanding a Goat flanked by Sphinxes (after designs by James Paine the elder), Stone Hall, Uppark
Thomas Carter the Elder (1702 - 1756)
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1700 - 1800
Materials
Marble, Steel
Measurements
1576 x 2065 mm
Order this imageCollection
Uppark House and Garden, West Sussex
NT 138377
Summary
White marble chimneypiece with Children garlanding a Goat flanked by Sphinxes (after designs by James Paine the elder) by Thomas Carter the elder (1702 - London 1756). Stone Hall, Uppark. A statuary white marble chimneypiece, the frieze finely carved with two cupids and a goat flanked by recumbent female sphinx figures entwined by floral festoons, the sides with inverted cornucopiae of flowers, the inset steel fireplace engraved with scrolling foliage.
Makers and roles
Thomas Carter the Elder (1702 - 1756), sculptor after James Paine the Elder (bap. c.1717 - 1789), designer