Details

LOT 1770

Oak Wainscot Panel with Carved Foliage in the Manner of Grinling Gibbons

EARLY 18TH CENTURY A.D.

29 1/4 in. (2.1 kg, 74.5 cm).

Rectangular panel with carved design of flowers, berries and fruit; all modelled in high relief with gentle curvature and deep undercuts; mounted on a fabric-covered backing board. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Private collection, London, UK.

Footnotes

Grinling Gibbons (4 April 1648 – 3 August 1721) was an Anglo-Dutch wood-carver who became famous for his work in Windsor Castle, St Paul's Cathedral and some other London churches, and various major buildings of the time. He was born in Holland to English parents, and his father was a merchant while Gibbons himself became a member of the Drapers' Company of London. He is usually regarded as the finest wood-carver of his day in England.