Plaster Bird at Claydon House by Aldous Bertram

AVAILABLE TO SHIP AFTER NOVEMBER 28, 2025

Plaster Bird at Claydon House, 2025
Watercolor on Paper

Buckinghamshire, England
Carved by Luke Lightfoot in the North Hall at Claydon in the 1760s

Aldous Bertram is a Charleston-based interior designer and artist known for his richly layered, historically informed watercolors. Raised in a Queen Anne country house in the village of Linton, Cambridgeshire, and later educated at Cambridge—where he earned a PhD in 18th-century gardens and architecture—he brings a rare depth of architectural literacy to his work. This exclusive collection for Wentworth translates some of Europe’s most remarkable interiors into luminous, meticulously detailed studies, capturing the neoclassical whimsy, saturated color, and collected spirit that define his artistic hand.

Plaster Bird at Claydon House focuses on one of the most celebrated details of Luke Lightfoot’s extraordinary 18th-century interiors. Known for his exuberant Rococo carvings—scrolls, shells, feathers, and fantastical ornament—Lightfoot transformed Claydon’s North Hall into a masterpiece of sculptural decoration. Bertram’s watercolor isolates one of these delicate plaster birds, offering a study in craftsmanship, movement, and historic whimsy.

Dimensions: 16 ½" W x 19 ½" H (with frame)
Approx. 9" W x 11 ½" H (unframed)
Exclusive to Wentworth