Lot 29
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A GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRROR with divided arched cartouche-shaped plate within a pierced frame with angled pilasters adorned with foliate trails and scrolling acanthus-cast C-scrolls surmounted by a pierced cresting of a ho-ho bird flanked by baskets of flowers and with an acanthus carved pierced apron, restorations, the plate early 18th Century

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A GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRROR with divided arched cartouche-shaped plate within a pierced frame with angled pilasters adorned with foliate trails and scrolling acanthus-cast C-scrolls surmounted by a pierced cresting of a ho-ho bird flanked by baskets of flowers and with an acanthus carved pierced apron, restorations, the plate early 18th Century
28in. (71cm.) wide; 69in. (175cm.) high

Lot Essay

Related patterns for pier-glass frames in the Louis XV picturesque style, with rusticated and rocky-based gothic pilasters wreathed by garlanded acanthus-scrolls, supporting an arched crest surmounted by ho-ho birds and flower-baskets on scrolled pediments, feature in Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754, and Thomas Johnson's One Hundred and Fifty New Designs, 1761

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