Height: 53¹/₂ in (136 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.
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)