Lot 35: A QUANTITY OF GEORGE III PALE GREY-PAINTED AND CARVED DOORCASES AND CEILING... DESIGNED BY ROBERT ADAM, PROBABLY CARVED BY JOHN LINNELL, CIRCA 1770-71 185 ft. (56.3 m.) approximately in total

A QUANTITY OF GEORGE III PALE GREY-PAINTED AND CARVED DOORCASES AND CEILING MOULDINGS
DESIGNED BY ROBERT ADAM, PROBABLY CARVED BY JOHN LINNELL, CIRCA 1770-71
Carved with foliage and beading, and cream-painted
185 ft. (56.3 m.) approximately in total

Designed by Robert Adam (1728-92) for the ‘new drawing room’ at Bowood House, Wiltshire, in August 1768 for William Petty, Viscount Fitzmaurice, second Earl of Shelburne and later first Marquess of Lansdowne (1737-1805).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Wrotham Park, 13 June 1995, lot 24.