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A LOUIS XV PARCEL-GILT AND CREAM-PAINTED PANELLED ROOM
CIRCA 1730, ADAPTED AND EXTENDED
A LOUIS XV PARCEL-GILT AND CREAM-PAINTED PANELLED ROOM CIRCA 1730, ADAPTED AND EXTENDED Comprising: - six pairs of double doors, each carved to the fronts with moulded panels enclosing foliate shells and scrolling acanthus leaves, the reverses with geometric panelling, each surmounted by a rectangular overdoor panel carved with fully-modelled birds amid flowers and foliage on a diaper ground and centred by a plaster medallion modelled in relief with scenes of frolicking putti; - four arched mirror surrounds, each carved with water foliage and decorated with scrolls and shells; - two moulded architraves for windows; - sixteen panels of varying width, of which eight carved with moulded frames enclosing leafy scrolls, flowers, and C-scrolls and eight panels with oval medallions depicting various wildlife scenes carved with fully-modelled birds and various other animals, within moulded frames decorated with scrolls and flowers, partially redecorated, some elements probably originally un-decorated, the plaster roundels within the overdoor panels of a later date, some reverses of doors lacking moulded panelling or redecorated, two mirrors lacking plates, one mirror with replaced plate, without hinges and handles Each segment 132 in. (360 cm.) high; the double doors with surrounds 59½ in. (151 cm.) wide [six pairs]; the mirrors 57 in. (144 cm.) wide [three] and 63 in. (160 cm.) wide [one]; the panels carved with foliate decoration between 36½ in (93 cm.) and 24½ in. (62 cm.) wide [eight]; the panels carved with wildlife between 33 in. (84 cm.) and 23½ in. (60 cm.) wide [eight]; approximate overall dimensions: 600 sq. ft. (56 m 2 )