SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, WITH LATER EMBELLISHMENTS

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II WALNUT AND PARCEL-GILT PIER GLASSES
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, WITH LATER EMBELLISHMENTS
Each with a later bevelled plate below a swan-neck pediment with later foliate flowerheads centred by a later ho-ho bird within a foliate gilt surround of broken outline, the sides with later trailing drapery and tassels with a later shell and foliate scroll decoration below
53 x 25¼ in. (135 x 64 cm.) (2)

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Lot Essay

The pier-glass, with flowered and voluted temple-pediment, and veil-draped tablet corners, reflects the 17th century 'Roman' style of Inigo Jones (d. 1652) that was revived in the 18th century by publications such as W. Jones, The Gentleman or Builder's Companion, 1739 and R. Morris, Architecture Improv'd in a Collection of Modern ,Useful and Elegant Designs, 1757.

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