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CIRCA 1740
Details
A GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRROR
CIRCA 1740
With broken arch cresting centering a shell above a leaf-carved frieze with a sunburst female mask over a shaped rectangular sanded frame with trailing oak leaves enclosing a later beveled plate
69 in. (175.3 cm.) high, 40 in. (101.6 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1740
With broken arch cresting centering a shell above a leaf-carved frieze with a sunburst female mask over a shaped rectangular sanded frame with trailing oak leaves enclosing a later beveled plate
69 in. (175.3 cm.) high, 40 in. (101.6 cm.) wide
Provenance
Acquired from Alistair Sampson, London, 1996.
Literature
Michael S. Smith with Diane Dorrans Saeks, Elements of Style, New York, 2004, p. 12.
Special notice
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