Scandal

The Scandal relief and the Melchett fire basket (M.16-2005) were commissioned together by Henry Mond and his wife Gwen, later the second Lord and Lady Melchett. This ensemble was one of the most important artistic features within the remodelled interior of Mulberry House, considered at the time one of the most important Art Deco interiors in London. The Mulberry House renovations of 1930 were recognised to be one of the finest achievements of a fruitful collaboration between interesting and enlightened patrons, an innovative architect and a painter and sculptor, the latter two Royal Academicians and of outstanding importance in Britain. The reunification of these two exceptional works of art

Relief · Thames Ditton · 1930. Bronze, cast and patinated. By Jagger, Charles Sargeant. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.