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Door

Door

  • Place of origin:

    London, England (probably, made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1785 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Carved pine and moulded composition

  • Museum number:

    A.29:4, 8/1-1910

  • Gallery location:

    Architecture, room 128, case 3, shelf WN, box EXP

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This is one of the pair of columns that flanked the front door to 35 Great George Street, Westminster. The house was built in about 1758 and its first occupant was Thomas Tyrwhitt, the Deputy Secretary at War. The doorway is in the Neo-classical style and appears to date from the 1780s. Since Tyrwhitt moved out in 1762, it was probably erected for a later occupant.

The columns are made of pine, but stood on stone bases, so the whole doorway was almost certainly painted stone colour. Here, the base is a reproduction of the stone original and the column has been repainted.

Place of Origin

London, England (probably, made)

Date

ca. 1785 (made)

Artist/maker

unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Carved pine and moulded composition

Object history note

From the exterior door to No. 35 Great George Street, London, a house first occupied in 1758. But the style of the doorway appears rather later than this.

Materials

Pine; Composition

Techniques

Carving; Moulding

Categories

Architecture

Collection code

FWK

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