A William and Mary carved oak door surmount circa 1700

the rectangular pediment above an egg, dart and acanthus frieze above a plain entablature between scrolled bracket and foliate motifs, together with a small section of carved oak moulding (2)

The surmount is in good overall condition but is in somewhat dry in appearance, with minor chips and losses throughout. The other section is in a similar condition.
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The traveller and writer Celia Fiennes (1662-1741) visited Chatsworth at the turn of the 17th century and recorded her impressions in her notebooks (later published as Journeys Through England). She noted '...every roome is differing work and all the fine carving and over the doors some of it is of the natural colour and varnish'd and others painted.'