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Fire grate and pair of columns
Artist: Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751 - 1843)
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: 1788
Materials: Grate: ormolu & steel, Columns: bronze & ormolu
Grant:
Amount Paid: £39,025 (Total: £156,100)
Vendor: Christie's
Review number: 3323 (1988)
Provenance:
Commissioned by Linnell for Uxbridge House but rejected and sold to Courtenay for the music room at Powderham. Christie's 1987.
Description:
Louis XVI grate of ormolu and steel with classical and musical motifs; the columns of bronze and ormolu, each supporting a bronze figure; one of Apollo, the other of the Musee Euterpe. Grate: 109.5 cm x 84.5cm x 48.5 cm. Columns: h.105 cm.
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