A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRRORS

CIRCA 1770

Details

A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRRORS
Circa 1770
In the manner of John Linnell, each rectangular plate within a leaf-tip and gadrooned surround, crested by a classical flaming athénienne mounted with ram's heads and entwined caduceus, flanked by husk garlands and foliage, with pendant husk sides (lacking peripheral decoration from bases)
69¾ in. x 32½ in. (177.2 x 82.6 cm.) (2)

Provenance

A New York Private Collection; Christie's New York, 17 October 1992, lot 323 ($46,200).

Lot Essay

Designs by John Linnell with similar long leaf and gadrooned frames and neo-classical cresting incorporating draped husk garlands are illustrated in H.Hayward, 'The Drawings of John Linnell in the Victoria and Albert Museum', F.H.S.J., 1969, figs. 84 and 100.

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