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Mantel

ca. 1770
Not on view
This chimneypiece was executed for William, Duke of Gloucester (1743–1805), brother of George III, for the dining room of Gloucester House, London, which became Grosvenor House in 1806 and was demolished in the 1920s.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mantel
  • Date: ca. 1770
  • Culture: British
  • Medium: White marble, yellow Sienna marble
  • Dimensions: Overall: 49 × 89 × 12 in. (124.5 × 226.1 × 30.5 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture-Architectural
  • Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
  • Object Number: 64.101.1215a–m
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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