Frame
James Whittle (fl.1731 - 1759)
Category
Frames
Date
1755 - 1760
Materials
gilt wood
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 485679
Summary
A frame for a rococo c. 1755-1760 very large giltwood pier-glass (NT/PET/F/55) attributed to James Whittle (d.1759) and Samuel Norman (1731?-1782).
Provenance
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), maker Samuel Norman (fl.1746-1782), maker