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A SET OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED CARVINGS FROM THE TAPESTRY ROOM AT DITCHLEY PARK
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM LINNELL CIRCA 1755
A SET OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED CARVINGS FROM THE TAPESTRY ROOM AT DITCHLEY PARK ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM LINNELL CIRCA 1755 Comprising: a canopy with lappet border flanked by eagles perched on scrolls; a polychrome female chinoiserie figure kneeling on a descending series of palm fronds; and a pair of winged male heads within hunting horns, with scrolls, drapery and foliage suspended below and two pairs of cockerels within palm frond wreaths, areas of regilding, one inscribed in pencil 'No. 104 left' and one with a printed paper label inscribed indstinctly 'SOLD...C..H..O' and 'No. 103 left' , originally with further oval girandole mirrors suspended from the bottoms, the figure repainted with old layers visible and different washes on the back of figure and bracket than on the other carvings, the carvings with two layers of water gilding (regilding of the figure and bracket are of a later date than the rest) The canopy: 14 in. (35 cm.) high; 39 in. (99 cm.) wide; The figure on her base: 30 in. (76 cm.) high; The winged heads: 26 in. (68 cm.) high; 25 in. (63 cm.) wide; The larger cockerels: 32 in. (81.25 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide; The smaller cockerels: 28 in. (71 cm.) high; 20 in. (51 cm.) wide; Drapery swags: 20¾ in. (52.5 cm.) high; 18 in. (45.75 cm.) wide (11)