Staircase balustrade from Chesterfield House, London

Unknown

probably ca. 1747 · Wrought iron, Prussian-blue pigment, gilding · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Part of the grand staircase installed at Chesterfield about 1747, this belongs stylistically to the baroque tradition of ironworking.

Artist

Unknown

Date

probably ca. 1747

Medium

Wrought iron, Prussian-blue pigment, gilding

Culture

British

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Purchase, Edward Pearce Casey Fund and Proceeds from Sales of Objects of Art, 1965