Carved limewood overmantels, over-door carvings and wall drops
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1688 - 1850 - 1899
Materials
Limewood
Place of origin
England
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Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 434858
Summary
Limewood, a suite of limewood applique carvings in the style of Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721), British, late 17th and mid-late 19th century. Installed in the Saloon at Belton House.
Full description
A set of limewood carvings comprised of two overmantels, four over-door carvings and two wall drops installed in the Saloon at Belton House. The overmantels installed above paintings in the east and west sides of the room date from 1688. The over-door carvings are mid-19th century and the wall drops are mid-19th century. The set is comprised of: 434858.1 Overmantel with gamebirds, fruit, flowers and foliage, in the style of Grinling Gibbons, late 17th century with 19th century restoration. A carved limewood applique overmantel comprised of a crest and two drops, installed in the west end of the Saloon at Belton House. 434858.2 Overmantel with fruit, flowers and oak foliage, Edmund Carpenter, March 1688. A carved limewood overmantel comprised of a crest and two drops, installed at the east end of the Saloon. 434858.3 Over-door applique carving with foliate and floral sprays, possibly William Gibbs Rogers, mid-19th century 434858.4 Over-door applique carving with foliate and floral sprays, possibly William Gibbs Rogers, mid-19th century 434858.5 Over-door applique carving with foliate and floral sprays, possibly William Gibbs Rogers, mid-19th century 434858.6 Over-door applique carving with foliate and floral sprays, possibly William Gibbs Rogers, mid-19th century 434858.7 Wall drop with tumbling putti, possibly William Gibbs Rogers, mid-19th century 434858.8 Wall drop with tumbling putti, possibly William Gibbs Rogers, mid-19th century Alice Rylance-Watson December 2018
Provenance
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) from Edward John Peregrine Cust, 7th Baron Brownlow, C. St J. (b.1936) in 1984.
Credit line
Belton House, The Brownlow Collection (acquired with the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund by the National Trust in 1994)
References
Esterly1998: David Esterly, Grinling Gibbons and the art of carving, V&A Publications, London 1998 Tipping, 1913: Henry Avray Tipping, Grinling Gibbons and the Woodwork of his Age 1648-1720, 1913, pp.185-201