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Description: Pediment and frieze resting on fluted Tuscan pilasters; plain podium base; rectangular central panel with double fillet edge divided into four with central panel containing initials; date in tympanum; narrow rectangular panels on each side from base to cornice.
Notes: An early example of the use of classical architectural elements in an English fireback.
Inscription: 1568 ER
- Decoration tags:
- rectangular with pediment (shape)
- none (edging)
- whole carved pattern
- individual letters
- extension panels
- architectural
- text
Manufactured: in 1568 in the Weald area of England.
Current location: in private hands, Frant, East Sussex, England.
- Attached to series:
- 1568 Architectural series
- Date & initials firebacks
