Description
Circa 1800. A classic Edinburgh George III pine and gesso mantelpiece, the shaped flat top with a stylish frieze of drapes with trellis work in finely carved gesso, the frieze with carved acorns with beading beneath, the large panel with a swag with roses, thistles and foliate carving with a ribbon at the base with swags and tails to the sides, and the tops of the uprights with a carved anchor (indicating it could have been made for a Leith merchant), supported on a pair of fluted uprights headed by carved acanthus leaves and resting on a block base.
141cm High x 185cm Wide.
