Frame
James Whittle (fl.1731 - 1759)
Category
Frames
Date
Unknown
Materials
gilt wood
Measurements
1260 mm (Width)
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 485678
Summary
A frame for a mid-eighteenth century elaborate giltwood pier-glass (NT/PET/F/15) supplied to the second Earl of Egremont by James Whittle (d.1759).
Provenance
Supplied to the 2nd Earl of Egremont (1710-1763) by James Whittle (active 1731-d.1759). Thence by descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72) arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by H.M.Treasury.
Makers and roles
James Whittle (fl.1731 - 1759), supplier