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A GEORGE III GILTWOOD OVERMANTEL MIRROR
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A GEORGE III GILTWOOD OVERMANTEL MIRROR

ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN LINNELL, CIRCA 1760

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A GEORGE III GILTWOOD OVERMANTEL MIRROR
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN LINNELL, CIRCA 1760
Of shaped triangular form composed of foliate C-scrolls, hung with flowerhead and foliate swags, centred by a circular convex plate in a ribbon and flowerhead moulded border and rockwork frame, regilt, some plates replaced, later backboard
53½ x 64 in. (136 x 162.5 cm.)
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Lot Essay

The triumphal arched frame, with Roman medallion wreathed by a flowered and water-scalloped cartouche, is also garlanded with flowers festooned from 'picturesque' scrolls of Roman acanthus. It relates to an overmantel pattern, incorporating a landscape vignette, that was invented by the architect John Crunden (d. 1835) and published in The Chimney-Piece Maker's Daily Assistant, 1766 (pl. 27). Similar interlaced flower garlands feature on several mirror patterns of circa 1755-1760 by John Linnell (H. Hayward and P. Kirkham, William and John Linnell, London, 1980, figs. 187-190). A giltwood overmantel mirror of almost identical pattern, also attributed to John Linnell was with Hotspur Ltd, London, 2006.

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