Doorcase for the Great Drawing Room of Norfolk House, Saint James's Square, London

After a design by Giovanni Battista Borra Italian
 Carved by Jean Antoine Cuenot French

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Known as the "monkey" doors, this doorway and its companion in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, were designed by the Piedmontese architect Giovanni Battista Borra (1712–ca. 1786) and executed by the London carver John Cuenot (d. 1762) for the Great Drawing Room of Norfolk House, Saint James's Square, London, which was built for the ninth Duke of Norfolk between 1748 and 1752.

#2146. Doorcase

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Doorcase for the Great Drawing Room of Norfolk House, Saint James's Square, London, After a design by Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian (Turin), 1713–1770), Mahogany and pine (carved, originally painted and gilded), British, London

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