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A GILTWOOD MIRROR
The later inverted drop-shaped plate in a concave-moulded beaded and fluted frame surmounted by a scrolled acanthus cresting, the sides hung with husks, the base with upspringing acanthus, basically late 18th Century
38 in. x 21 in. (98cm. x 53.5 cm.)

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Related girandole patterns, festooned with Roman acanthus foliage and husks, feature in the 1770s sketch book of John Linnell, cabinet-maker of Berkeley Square (H. Hayward, 'The Drawings of John Linnell in the Victoria and Albert Museum', Furniture History, 1969).

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