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Mantel
The collection record classifies this work as furniture and woodwork. It is dated c. 1730. Recorded culture or place: England, 18th century.
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- Museum title
- Mantel
- Date
- c. 1730
- Culture / origin
- England, 18th century
- Materials and technique
- marble
- Dimensions
- Overall: 153.7 x 204.4 cm (60 1/2 x 80 1/2 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Inigo Jones (English, 1573–1652); William Kent (British, 1685–1748)
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1944.472
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
The cornucopias and scroll-shaped brackets capped by the bust of the youthful Roman god, Mercury, were inspired by the work of Inigo Jones, one of the first British architects of great renown. The mantel was originally installed in Wanstead House, formerly located on the outskirts of London. Working opposite the architect, Colen Campbell (1676–1729), William Kent completed the interior decoration of the estate and likely produced this mantel as well. When Wanstead House was pulled down in 1822, the Duke of Hamilton purchased the chimney piece and three others from Wanstead House to display in his own home near Glasgow, Scotland.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Fund · CC0
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