Fireback
Category
Fixtures and fittings
Date
circa 1890
Materials
Oak
Measurements
261.5 x 241.5 x 73.5 cm
Place of origin
England
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Ightham Mote, Kent
NT 825204
Summary
A carved oak fireplace surround, English, circa 1890. Commissioned by Sir Thomas Colyer-Fergusson as part of the fixed woodwork when creating the Billiard Room. The projecting canopy with a frieze carved with fruiting vine and flanked by bearded corbels, supported to each end on twin bulbous columns with Ionic capitals and with high-back box-seat open armchair.
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