A GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRROR
A GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRROR

PROBABLY MID-18TH CENTURY, THE PAGODA CRESTING REBACKED AND WITH REPLACEMENTS TO CARVING

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A GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRROR
Probably mid-18th Century, the pagoda cresting rebacked and with replacements to carving
The rectangular plate and mirrored outer slip within a shaped C-scroll, rockwork and acanthus surround with bunched columnar upright divides and ho-ho birds to either side, below an acanthus-capped pagoda cresting containing a seated Chinaman playing a lute before a mirrored back, regilt, the chinoiserie musician probably later
74in. (188cm.) high, 36½in. (92.5cm.) wide

Lot Essay

The design for this mirror is derived from a pattern published in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1763, pl.CLXIX. A similar mirror at Critchel House, Dorset is illustrated in A. Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture, New York, 1968, fig.316.

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