Carlton Hobbs Organized LifeStream - tagged with limewood http://www.carltonhobbs.org/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sweetcron blog@carltonhobbs.net THE HAREWOOD HOUSE TORCHERES ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS CHIPPENDALE THE YOUNGER http://www.carltonhobbs.org/items/view/323/the-harewood-house-torcheres-attributed-to-thomas-chippendale-the-younger

Of limewood with original green-painted and faux porphyry decoration. Each surmounted by a circular gadrooned top above a shaped stem with reeded central section and anthemion decoration raised on four winged female figures and a pylon shaped faux porphyry base decorated to each side with a wreath and crossed poles with acorn finials, the whole raised on four bold paw feet and a square faux porphyry plinth with canted corners. These exceptionally sophisticated pair of torcheres are identical to a single example in the Victoria and Albert Museum. They originally formed part of the collection of the Earl of Lascelles, at the great Yorkshire mansion, Harewood House, built between 1759 and 1771 by a combination of the architects John Carr and Robert Adam.

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SET OF FOUR GILT CANDLE STICKS http://www.carltonhobbs.org/items/view/316/set-of-four-gilt-candle-sticks

Of gilt and white painted limewood. Each with candleholder and drip pan supported by carved acanthus leaves above a fluted tapering column centred by a bulb carved with stiff leaf decoration, the whole resing on a two tier base, the upper tier white painted with a carved gilt swag, the lower tier gilt and reeded.

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