A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND EBONISED LARGE CHEVAL MIRROR

CIRCA 1810-15

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND EBONISED LARGE CHEVAL MIRROR
CIRCA 1810-15
The rectangular plate in a panelled border interspersed with paterae, below a turned toprail with a central tablet and scrolled pediment, flanked by square spreading foliate-carved uprights, each with a brass candle-branch, on rectangular platforms joined by a turned baluster stretcher and with sunken castors, with Potbury and Sons, Ltd, Sidmouth depository label
86 in. (218 cm.) high; 48 in. (122 cm.) wide; 28¼ in (72 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The antique ornament of this magnificent palm-flowered cheval glass, enriched with Grecian black ribbons and tablets, evolved from that published in Thomas Hope's, Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807 (pl. XIV, figs. 3 and 4). Its robust character, in which 'the English style is carefully blended with Parisian taste' was described as the 'Modern' style in the The Modern Style of Cabinet Work Exemplified, 1829 issued by the 'Upholsterer' Thomas King of Lincoln's Inn Fields.

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