A huge pair of French parcel gilt cast and wrought-iron carriageway gates
19th Century, removed from Claydon Estate, Buckinghamshire
each leaf with a railed upper panel with a frame of circlets above a frieze of foliate ornament above a smaller lower panel infilled with lattice-work,
£12,500
Claydon House in Buckinghamshire is an exquisite Georgian mansion built c.1759-1771 by Ralph the 2nd Earl Verney. The house, now run by the National Trust, survives as a rare example of English rococo interiors and included carved ornament by Luke Lightfoot. It is thought that this pair of gates were acquired for installation in the grounds but were never hung and have remained in storage there for many years.
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