A VICTORIAN GILTWOOD AND COMPOSITION OVERMANTEL MIRROR

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A VICTORIAN GILTWOOD AND COMPOSITION OVERMANTEL MIRROR

The three divided rectangular plates surmounted by rosette-decorated breakfront frieze, supported on acanthus-reeded column uprights, with paper label H. M. Page. Carver, Gilder and Looking Glass Manufacturer 23, Coventry Street, London, Dealer in plate glass, distressed
85in. (216cm.) high; 72in. (183cm.) wide

Provenance

The Hope family, The Deepdene, Surrey, from which it was removed during the house's demolition in 1967-68

Lot Essay

A number of small decorative changes were undertaken at The Deepdene when the house was let in the late 19th Century to Lord William Beresford (D. Watkin, Thomas Hope and the Neo-Classical Idea, London, 1968, p. 191).

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