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A GEORGE III CARVED GILTWOOD MIRROR

CIRCA 1760

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A GEORGE III CARVED GILTWOOD MIRROR
CIRCA 1760
Carved overall with foliage, C-scrolls and rockwork, surmounted by a plinth and pagoda canopies above a central oval plate and marginal mirrors, the arched and cusped side panels with pierced strapwork, the apron with a further palm leaf canopy and rockwork base, the central plate replaced, regilt
50½ X 36 in. (128 X 92 cm.)

來源

Norman Adams, The Antique Dealers' Fair, 1960 (£1,250)

出版

Illustrated in The Antique Dealers' Fair handbook, 1960, pp.....

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Gillian Ward

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拍品專文

This fine giltwood mirror in the 'chinese taste' popularised by designs for 'Chinese Case' furniture in Thomas Chippendale's (d.1779) Director (published 1754, 1756 and 1762) relates to a pier glass illustrated in G. Wills, English Looking-glasses, 1965, p.91, fig.72. Other examples include a very similar mirror at Capard House, Co. Lasis, Ireland, and another in H. Cescinsky, English Furniture from Gothic to Sheraton, 1937, p.203. The present example was exhibited in 1960 from the stand of J. de Haan & Son Ltd. at The Antique Dealers' Fair, London (The Antique Dealers' Fair, 1960, p. 32).

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