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ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE LANGLOIS
Details
A GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRROR
The central rectangular divided plate with a C-scroll band and flanked by mirrored pilasters, with Gothic tracery and acanthus foliage, the waisted top section with various trefoils and ogival arches centred by a shaped mirror cresting with a splayed eagle on foliate branches, below a pierced canopy with pomegranite pendants and surmounted by a plume spray, the base with a C-scroll shaped mirrored cartouche surmounted by a foliate canopy and flanked by rockwork, restorations and regilt, a plate of the left-hand mirror border replaced, the pierced cresting possibly later
102 in. x 48 in. (260 cm. x 122 cm.)
The central rectangular divided plate with a C-scroll band and flanked by mirrored pilasters, with Gothic tracery and acanthus foliage, the waisted top section with various trefoils and ogival arches centred by a shaped mirror cresting with a splayed eagle on foliate branches, below a pierced canopy with pomegranite pendants and surmounted by a plume spray, the base with a C-scroll shaped mirrored cartouche surmounted by a foliate canopy and flanked by rockwork, restorations and regilt, a plate of the left-hand mirror border replaced, the pierced cresting possibly later
102 in. x 48 in. (260 cm. x 122 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, in these Rooms, 4 July 1996, lot 336 (29,900).