拍品专文
The serpentined frame with voluted pediments in the picturesque manner relates to 'pier glass' patterns published in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754 (pl. CXLIV).
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ORIGINALLY THE UPPER PART OF A MIRROR, PROBABLY CIRCA 1760
细节
A CARVED-LIMEWOOD HEADBOARD
Originally the upper part of a mirror, Probably circa 1760
Of shaped arch form, with padded board covered in yellow watered silk, in an acanthus-scrolled and rockwork border, centred by scrolling acanthus, the sides each with a scrolled pediment supporting a ho-ho bird, restorations and replacements to the carving, some losses
65 in. (165 cm.) high; 69 in. (175 cm.) wide
Originally the upper part of a mirror, Probably circa 1760
Of shaped arch form, with padded board covered in yellow watered silk, in an acanthus-scrolled and rockwork border, centred by scrolling acanthus, the sides each with a scrolled pediment supporting a ho-ho bird, restorations and replacements to the carving, some losses
65 in. (165 cm.) high; 69 in. (175 cm.) wide