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A polished steel molecular sculpture
A polished steel molecular sculpture
the polished spheres and rods of the molecule held from a single suspension point, -
Ebony door fingerplates,
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A mid-Victorian stained glass chancel window
A mid-Victorian stained glass chancel window
the leaded and painted window ornamented with a canopy of crotcheted gothic spires over the figure of Christ ascendant, four saints beneath, the background filled with blue scrolling clover leaves in the Arts and Crafts style, interspersed with orange starbursts. The top to the original canopy is lost, and restorations include the addition of lead cames to the profile of the bottom right saint. The window was restored in the 1980s and is mounted on a well built, bespoke oak light box with hinged access to the light tube array, -
A spectacular French parcel-gilt oak panelled dining room,
A spectacular French parcel-gilt oak panelled dining room,
The boiserie comprises a 17.5m run of panelling (8No. 3-panel sections 154cm wide, 2No. 2-panel sections 107cm wide, 5No. 1-panel sections 62cm wide) – the cornice set at 287cm high – beneath an additional register of fielded panels adding 45cm in height. The format is of repeating long panels above registers of circlets and square dado panels, each carved with gilded foliate clasps and rocaille ornament, a panelled frieze runs above with conforming gilded ornament – all surmounted by the moulded cornice; the vertical panels are spaced at 47cm centres and each element is framed with pilasters – of which there are 16No. (Three of the triple panels respectively incorporate: a discreet service door, a large cupboard door and a secret compartment for silver and flatware). Additionally, an arched overmantel measures 213cm high by 200cm wide, three arched window-ways include embroidered silk hanging pelmets. Lastly, a grand pair of arched entrance doors complete the room, with finely cast brass door furniture, hung within a moulded frame – to the reverse the doors have raised plain moulding. -
A pair of late Victorian wrought iron firedogs,
A pair of late Victorian wrought iron firedogs,
with spirally wrought finials each raised on a pierced bulbous standard on scrolled supports, the barley-twist billet bar raised on a scrolled leg, -
A Victorian pine blanket box
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An English weathered limestone pedimented gate peir cap,
An English weathered limestone pedimented gate peir cap,
the pointed block with a moulded recessed panel to the façade, -
An Edwardian wrought iron over-door panel,
An Edwardian wrought iron over-door panel,
the pierced arched panel, wrought with scroll-work and clusters of naturalistic foliage and foliate clasps, centred by a pierced oval with provision for a light, -
A George II mahogany kneehole desk,
A George II mahogany kneehole desk,
the moulded top above an arrangement of eight drawers surrounding recessed cupboard. -
A provincial George IV sandstone chimneypiece
A provincial George IV sandstone chimneypiece
the moulded rectangular shelf over cushion moulded frieze flanked by anthemion carved end-blocks, raised on cushion moulded jambs and plain footblocks, the entire chimneypiece has been given sympathetic grey ‘wash’, -
An enormous English gilded fibreglass globe,
An enormous English gilded fibreglass globe,
the vast finial, horizontally lobed, raised on a steel pin and plate, -
An extraordinary English architectural frieze,
An extraordinary English architectural frieze,
cast as a grid of repeating modular abstract geometric forms in high relief, each pod one of five different casts, and each rotated to create a vast shadow-wall,