• The Collection of Ann and Gordon Getty
Lot 542

Pair of Victorian Giltwood Pelmets, from Ven House

Estimate: $600 - $800
Sold for

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$200 $50
$500 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000

Each with central cartouche surrounded by foliate scrolls and palms with out-scrolled terminals with acanthus and flowerhead carving.

7 ft. 6 in. x 14 in.

Note: Ven House in Milborne Port, Somerset, England is an English manor house. Construction of the smaller William and Mary style house, it was completed in 1698–1700; the house was enlarged around 1725–30 for James Medlycott.

Condition

Minor age splits, nicks and losses to the gilded surface. Both have two nails on the front surface. Sound frame, elaborately carved.

Notwithstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.

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Sold Christie's London, Ven House, June 21, 1999, Lot 41.

The Collection of Anne and Gordon Getty.