AN EARLY GEORGE III POLISHED STEEL AND CAST IRON FIREGRATE

AN EARLY GEORGE III POLISHED STEEL AND CAST IRON FIREGRATE

AFTER A DESIGN BY THOMAS CHIPPENDALE, C.1760-70 AND LATER

the back with a Rococo crest, the front decorated with Gothic arches, the backplate probably later

90.5cm high, 81cm wide, 33cm deep

Catalogue Note

This firegrate matches a design in the third edition of Thomas Chippendale's 'Gentleman & Cabinet-Maker's Director'; it is on pl.CXC and is the most overtly 'Gothick' of his eight designs for 'Stove Grates'.