Chimneypiece with pastoral scene with putti, Drawing Room, Felbrigg
Thomas Carter the Elder (1702 - 1756)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1751
Materials
White and Siena marble
Measurements
1730 mm (H)2160 mm (W)375 mm (D)
Order this imageCollection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1402007
Summary
White and Siena marble Chimneypiece with carved pastoral scene with putti, Drawing Room, Felbrigg, by Thomas Carter the elder (1702 - London 1756). Polished steel and brass grate c.1830. Carved white marble plaque of pastoral scene with putti at centre. Siena marble columns and top frieze.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)
Makers and roles
Thomas Carter the Elder (1702 - 1756), sculptor