Lot 139
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A QUEEN ANNE BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED PIER GLASS
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A QUEEN ANNE BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED PIER GLASS

EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A QUEEN ANNE BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED PIER GLASS
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With two rectangular bevelled plates divided by an engraved glass division, surmounted by a shaped arched bevelled later plate, in a moulded frame decorated with Chinoisierie figures, plants and bird, with conformingly decorated shaped cresting board, the lower plates re-silvered, repair to the base of the cresting
103¼ x 27½ in. (262 x 70 cm.)
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Lot Essay

The pier glass frame is japanned in imitation of Chinese lacquer in the manner described in Messrs Stalker and Parker's Treatise on Japanning, 1688. This mirror is designed for the tall narrow window piers of the late 17th century, and with its tiered panels of glass relates to a ten foot mirror supplied in 1711 for Burley-on-the-Hill, Nottinghamshire (P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1924, pp. 216-217).

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