Over-door applique carving with sprays of flowers and foliage
possibly William Gibbs Rogers (1795-1875)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
circa 1856
Materials
Limewood
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 434858.5
Summary
Limewood, carved and stained applique sprays of flower heads and foliage, mid-19th century. One of four applique over-door panels with sprays of flower heads and foliage, installed in the Saloon. These probably date from around 1856 when the Saloon underwent repair work initiated by the 2nd Earl Brownlow (1842-67). They may be the work of William Gibbs Rogers (1792-1875), a woodcarver and restorer of work by Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721), who oversaw restoration of the woodcarvings in the style of Gibbons at Belton House in 1856. Alice Rylance-Watson October 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)
Makers and roles
possibly William Gibbs Rogers (1795-1875), woodcarver