CIRCA 1755, POSSIBLY DESIGNED BY JOHN VARDY, PROBABLY ORIGINALLY A PICTURE FRAME

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A GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRROR
CIRCA 1755, POSSIBLY DESIGNED BY JOHN VARDY, PROBABLY ORIGINALLY A PICTURE FRAME
The rectangular later plate in a pierced foliate C and S-scroll surround with a beaded inner border, the cresting with a palm-leaf canopy above a bouquet of flowers, re-gessoed and re-gilt
73½ x 61 in. (187 x 155 cm.)

Provenance

Probably supplied to John Spencer, later 1st Earl Spencer (1734-83), for Wimbledon Park, Surrey or Althorp, Northamptonshire.

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Lot Essay

The use of Palm fronds was a motif particularly favoured by John Vardy in his designs for Spencer House and elsewhere. In view of their prominence in both Vardy's dining chairs (lot 30) and the Palm room suite (lot 20), it seems quite probable that this picture frame may also have been designed by Vardy and possibly carved by his brother Thomas Vardy for Spencer House.

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