ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCIS & JOHN BOOKER, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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AN IRISH GEORGE III GILTWOOD OVERMANTEL MIRROR
Attributed to Francis & John Booker, third quarter 18th century
The rectangular central plate flanked by columnar plate divisions and smaller plates, in a rockwork and C-scroll frame, the central plate surmounted by a series of pierced arches framed by rusticated pedestals, regilt, some of the peripheral carving replaced, the left plate original
22½ x 56 in. (57 x 142 cm.)

Provenance

The Earl of Mount Charles, Slane Castle, Co. Meath.
Bought from Christopher Gibbs, 20 October 1999.

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Lot Essay

This overmantel mirror can be attributed to the Dublin firm of Francis and John Booker of Essex Bridge, the sons of John Booker Snr, who are recorded as working together between 1761 and 1773. The same distinctive rockwork and arches appear on an oval pier glass with their rococo label at Glin Castle, Co. Limerick and on a rectangular pier glass also with their label that belonged to Ms Honora Miles, Ramelton, Co. Donegal (The Knight of Glin, 'Dublin Directories and Trade Labels', Furniture History, 1985, pp. 261-262).

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