A GEORGE III GILTWOOD PIER GLASS

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A GEORGE III GILTWOOD PIER GLASS

The main rectangular plate with floral division and rounded upper plate below a scrolled egg-and-dart cornice and later foliate finial, the mirrored borders with rockwork and C-scroll sides, the pierced apron centred by rockwork, restorations, the centre of the apron possibly replaced
66in. x 33½in. (168cm. x 85cm.)

Lot Essay

Patterns for this form of mirror-bordered pier-glass, with serpentine frame of flower-festooned acanthus-scrolls in the George II 'picturesque' manner, featured in Matthias Lock and Henry Copland's New Book of Ornaments, 1752, and Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754

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