Matthias Lock and Henry Copland, ‘A New Book of Ornaments for Looking-Glass Frames’, 1752, pl. 3.
THE STEDCOMBE HOUSE CHIMNEYPIECE, English, circa 1760
Width: 7 ft 2 in; 218.5 cm
Further images
This extraordinary work of art corresponds in almost every detail to a design by Matthias Lock, published in 1752 and reissued by the London publisher Robert Sayer in 1768, and is to date the only known realisation of that drawing.
The chimneypiece retains the original white veined marble surround and has replaced 19th century mirror plates. The surround was gilded in the early 1990s.
Provenance
Stedcombe House, Axmouth, Devon, England;
Partridge Fine Arts Plc, London, England;
Private collection, England.
Ronald Phillips Ltd, London, England.
Private collection, Germany.
Literature
Matthias Lock and Henry Copland, ‘A New Book of Ornaments for Looking-Glass Frames’, 1752, pl. 3.
Morrison Hecksher, ‘Lock and Copland:-a catalogue of the engraved ornament’, ‘Furniture History Journal’, 1979, pl. 23. Elizabeth White, ‘Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design:The Printed Sources,; 1990, p. 327.
Mark Girouard, ‘Stedcombe House, Devon’, ‘Country Life’, 26 December 1963, p. 1739, fig. 4.
Terrence Davis, ‘Rococo: A style of fantasy’, 1973, p. 28, illus. 15.
Kathryn Jones, Lucy Morton and Michael Pick, ‘English Furniture and Works of Art’, ‘Partridge Fine Arts Plc catalogue’, 2001,pp. 54-7.
Judith Miller, ‘Furniture’, 2005, p. 118.
Ronald Phillips, Fine Antique English Furniture, London 2013, pp. 246/247.
Ronald Phillips, Fine Antique English Furniture, London, 2014, pp. 136/137.
Illustrated:
Mark Girouard, ‘Stedcombe House, Devon’, ‘Country Life’, 26 December 1963, p. 1739, fig. 4.
Terrence Davis, ‘Rococo: A style of fantasy’, 1973, p. 28, illus. 15.
Kathryn Jones, Lucy Morton and Michael Pick, ‘English Furniture and Works of Art’, ‘Partridge Fine Arts Plc catalogue’, 2001,pp. 54-7.
Judith Miller, ‘Furniture’, 2005, p. 118.
Ronald Phillips, Fine Antique English Furniture, London 2013, pp. 246/247.
Ronald Phillips, Fine Antique English Furniture, London, 2014, pp. 136/137.
