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THE LONGFORD CASTLE PEDESTALS
england , 1740
From the collections of the Earls of Radnor, Longford Castle
Attributed to Benjamin Goodison
An outstanding and highly important pair of George II carved giltwood and gilt-gesso pedestals attributed to Benjamin Goodison made for Longford Castle, Wiltshire. Each square top with a gilt-gesso carved foliate spray and cartouche border above a swag-draped oak leaf frieze, the tapering pedestals with sanded panels mounted with ribbon-tied fruit and flower sprays, the sides with C-scrolls and acanthus, and standing on plinth bases.
Attributed to Benjamin Goodison
An outstanding and highly important pair of George II carved giltwood and gilt-gesso pedestals attributed to Benjamin Goodison made for Longford Castle, Wiltshire. Each square top with a gilt-gesso carved foliate spray and cartouche border above a swag-draped oak leaf frieze, the tapering pedestals with sanded panels mounted with ribbon-tied fruit and flower sprays, the sides with C-scrolls and acanthus, and standing on plinth bases.
Provenance
The pair, originally from a set of six, presumably supplied by Benjamin Goodison to Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone (1694-1761) for Longford Castle, Wiltshire, between 1737 and 1743
The collection of Lady Anne Tree (née Cavendish), Mereworth Castle, Kent
Christie's London, Important English Furniture, Clocks and Objects of Art, 23 May 1968 including the property of the Lady Anne Tree removed from Mereworth Castle, Kent
With Christopher Gibbs, London, 1979, as ‘ascribed to Benjamin Goodison, from Longford Castle’
Private Collection, USA
With Mackinnon Fine Furniture, London
Private Collection, New York
The other four pedestals remain in the collection of the Earl of Radnor at Longford Castle, Wiltshire.
The collection of Lady Anne Tree (née Cavendish), Mereworth Castle, Kent
Christie's London, Important English Furniture, Clocks and Objects of Art, 23 May 1968 including the property of the Lady Anne Tree removed from Mereworth Castle, Kent
With Christopher Gibbs, London, 1979, as ‘ascribed to Benjamin Goodison, from Longford Castle’
Private Collection, USA
With Mackinnon Fine Furniture, London
Private Collection, New York
The other four pedestals remain in the collection of the Earl of Radnor at Longford Castle, Wiltshire.
Stock number
U03.12
dimensions
Literature
Height: 53¹/₂ in (136 cm)
Width: 13 in (33 cm)
Depth: 13 in (33 cm)
Width: 13 in (33 cm)
Depth: 13 in (33 cm)
From the collections of the Earls of Radnor, Longford Castle
Attributed to Benjamin Goodison
An outstanding and highly important pair of George II carved giltwood and gilt-gesso pedestals attributed to Benjamin Goodison made for Longford Castle, Wiltshire. Each square top with a gilt-gesso carved foliate spray and cartouche border above a swag-draped oak leaf frieze, the tapering pedestals with sanded panels mounted with ribbon-tied fruit and flower sprays, the sides with C-scrolls and acanthus, and standing on plinth bases.
Attributed to Benjamin Goodison
An outstanding and highly important pair of George II carved giltwood and gilt-gesso pedestals attributed to Benjamin Goodison made for Longford Castle, Wiltshire. Each square top with a gilt-gesso carved foliate spray and cartouche border above a swag-draped oak leaf frieze, the tapering pedestals with sanded panels mounted with ribbon-tied fruit and flower sprays, the sides with C-scrolls and acanthus, and standing on plinth bases.
C. Hussey, ‘For the Connoisseur: Furniture at Longford Castle-I’, Country Life, 12 December 1931, p. 682, fig. 8.
C. Hussey, ‘Longford Castle-II’, Country Life, 19 December 1931, p. 699, fig. 7.
J. Cornforth, ‘Longford and the Bouveries’, Country Life Annual, London, 1968, fig. 13 - 14.
A. Smith, "Acquisition, Patronage and Display: Contextualising the art collections of Longford Castle during the long eighteenth century". Doctoral Thesis, Birkbeck, University of London, 2017.
A. Smith, Longford Castle: The Treasures and the Collection, London, 2017, fig. 26 & 28.
P. Macquoid, History of English Furniture, vol. III, p. 77
Country Life, vol. CXXXXIX, no 3605 (advertisement for Mereworth Castle), 7 April 1966 (illustrated)
Country Life, 2 May 1968, Christie's advertisement (illustrated)
C. Hussey, ‘Longford Castle-II’, Country Life, 19 December 1931, p. 699, fig. 7.
J. Cornforth, ‘Longford and the Bouveries’, Country Life Annual, London, 1968, fig. 13 - 14.
A. Smith, "Acquisition, Patronage and Display: Contextualising the art collections of Longford Castle during the long eighteenth century". Doctoral Thesis, Birkbeck, University of London, 2017.
A. Smith, Longford Castle: The Treasures and the Collection, London, 2017, fig. 26 & 28.
P. Macquoid, History of English Furniture, vol. III, p. 77
Country Life, vol. CXXXXIX, no 3605 (advertisement for Mereworth Castle), 7 April 1966 (illustrated)
Country Life, 2 May 1968, Christie's advertisement (illustrated)
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