A GILTWOOD OVERMANTEL MIRROR

OF GEORGE III 'CHINESE CHIPPENDALE' STYLE LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A GILTWOOD OVERMANTEL MIRROR
Of George III 'Chinese Chippendale' style
Late 19th Early 20th Century
The shaped, divided plates within a scrolling foliate border, the bell-hung pagoda cresting with flame finial, on square column supports, each end with similar small pagodas, the serpentine base with foliage and C-scrolls and projecting plinths, lacking backboards, some small losses to the decoration
59 in. x 67 in. (150 cm. x 170.5 cm.)

Provenance

Kingston Russell House, Dorset.

Literature

A. Oswald, 'Kingston Russell House, Dorset - II', Country Life, 23 November 1951, p. 1713, fig. 4 (shown in situ in the Dining-Room).

Lot Essay

The serpentined, scalloped and embossed frame relates to a picturesque overmantel 'Chimney Piece' pattern published in T. Chippendale, The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, London, 3rd ed, l762, pl. CLXXIX; while its Chinese cresting of triple bell-hung canopies largely derives from his pattern for 'China Shelves', pl. CXLIII.

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