A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT AND FLORAL-MARQUETRY MIRROR

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A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT AND FLORAL-MARQUETRY MIRROR
The later rectangular plate within a deep cushioned moulded frame, profusely inlaid with scrolling foliage, parrot tulips, roses, peonies and other flowers, surmounted by a detachable shaped cresting of scrolled acanthus above floral sprays of roses, tulips and other flowers, including ivory and green-stained ivory flowers and leaves, restorations
64½ x 38¾ in. (164 x 98.5 cm.)

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The intricate floral marquetry of this mirror relates to one with similar sprays of tulips, carnations and other flowers, with acanthus scrolls at the corners (R. Edwards, The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1964, p. 352). Another example, on an ebony ground, is at Ham House, Middlesex. The design of the floral marquetry of many comparable mirrors may be based on engravings by Robert Pricke titled The Ornaments of Architecture, published in London, 1674. This mirror would have formed part of a set comprising a side table and a pair of candlestands. A rare example of such a set survives at Petworth and is discussed in C. Cator, 'Haupt at Petworth', Furniture History, 1993, pp. 72-79.