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拍品專文
The design of this mirror combining picturesque and Oriental elements was promoted by Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-maker's Director (1754-1763), and is typical of the work executed during this period by the celebrated Mayfair cabinet-makers Messers. William and John Linnell of Berkeley Square. The Chinese figure within a triumphal arch, combined with the use of branch-wrapped uprights is typical of the work of the Linnell workshop.
Although Chippendale cast influence over the design of the work of the Linnells and other mid-eighteenth century makers, much of the inspiration for the ornament would have been drawn from the engravings by French artisans such as Jean Bérain, Daniel Marot, Nicholas Pineau and Juste-Aurele Meissonier. These designs were openly available to English craftsmen and artists at the St. Martin's Lane Academy and other London drawing schools.
Although Chippendale cast influence over the design of the work of the Linnells and other mid-eighteenth century makers, much of the inspiration for the ornament would have been drawn from the engravings by French artisans such as Jean Bérain, Daniel Marot, Nicholas Pineau and Juste-Aurele Meissonier. These designs were openly available to English craftsmen and artists at the St. Martin's Lane Academy and other London drawing schools.