Chimneypiece
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
Unknown
Materials
Carrara Marble
Measurements
152.5 x 198.0 x 23.0 cm
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Mottisfont, Hampshire
NT 769986
Summary
Chimneypiece, White Bedroom, Mottisfont Abbey. Carrara Marble. Moulded mantel shelf with egg and dart decoration. Centre stone of a classical head with swag on either side. Within sunken panel of the chimney is set bell pull drop. Fireplace surround is egg and dart moulding. Hearth stone in three stones.
Provenance
Purchased from C. J. Pratt by Gilbert and Maud Russell for the White Bedroom, Mottisfont Abbey June 1935. Transferred to the National Trust in 1957 from Mrs Russell under the Memorandum of Wishes.