Lot 362
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD AND COMPOSITION MIRRORS

Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD AND COMPOSITION MIRRORS
LATE 18TH CENTURY

Each with oval plate and fluted frame surmounted by a ribbon-tied patera, the sides with trailing husks above a pierced anthemion and husk apron, the reverse with printed label 'MR. DER...K SE...C....R carver, gilder, and looking-glass manufacturer No.1, Bett's Street, New Bond, St. George's East, Pictures and Needlework neatly framed and glazed, N.B. Old frames regilt, pictures cleaned, and old glasses repolished and silvered' (re-gilt)--44in. (112cm.) high, 25½in. (65cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

The fluted frame and trailing husk surround of these mirrors relates to a series of designs by John Linnell from the 1770's (see H. Hayward and P. Kirkham, William and John Linnell, 1980, vol.II, pls.194, 197, 198). A similar pair of mirros is illustrated in C. Claxton-Stevens and S. Whittington, Eighteenth Century English Furniture, The Norman Adams Collection, 1983, p.435.