PROPERTY FROM THE SPEED ART MUSEUM, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND (LOTS 256-266)

A PAIR OF ENGLISH GILTWOOD MIRRORS

SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, THE CHINESE MIRRORS CIRCA 1900

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A PAIR OF ENGLISH GILTWOOD MIRRORS
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, THE CHINESE MIRRORS CIRCA 1900
Each with foliate-carved frame with divided plate, the upper plate a reverse painting on glass of Chinese figures, the reverse of one labeled with Thomas Ferrand maker's label
58¾ in. (149.5 cm.) high, 32¾ in. (83 cm.) wide (2)

Provenance

Bequest of Mrs. Leonard T. Davidson, 1970.

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Lot Essay

A carver, gilder and frame maker, Thomas Ferrand of York (1786-1852) was admitted freeman in 1809 and was in partnership with William Dodgson in Coney Street from 1814-1816. His label is recorded on several pieces, including a pair of early-Georgian style mirrors on loan to the Philadelphia Museum of Art (see G. Beard and C. Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, Leeds, 1986, pp. 297).

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