Overmantel
Category
Mirrors
Date
circa 1790
Materials
Giltwood, pine and silvered glass
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 608210
Summary
A pair of large overmantels with architectural style giltwood frame with bevelled glass. Central shell cartouche flanked by a swan neck pediment, scroll ends to uprights with carved pierced foliate decoration and outer border of repeated honeysuckle motif. English manufacture circa 1790.
Provenance
Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.