Lot 253
253
A GEORGE III GILTWOOD AND CARTON PIERRE MIRROR, the central rectangular bevelled plate within a foliate trail and pilaster-supported slip frame surmounted by a further arched plate with rockwork cabochons and rosettes, the mirrored outer border festooned with further flowers and acanthus C-scrolls, fruiting foliage and rockwork and surmounted by a pierced foliate cresting with confronting c-scrolls and cabochon acanthus spray, above a pierced rockwork apron flanked by floral garlands

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A GEORGE III GILTWOOD AND CARTON PIERRE MIRROR, the central rectangular bevelled plate within a foliate trail and pilaster-supported slip frame surmounted by a further arched plate with rockwork cabochons and rosettes, the mirrored outer border festooned with further flowers and acanthus C-scrolls, fruiting foliage and rockwork and surmounted by a pierced foliate cresting with confronting c-scrolls and cabochon acanthus spray, above a pierced rockwork apron flanked by floral garlands
90in. x 51½in. (229cm. x 131cm.)

Lot Essay

The triumphal-arched pier-glass, with mirrored borders, rusticated pilasters and pagoda-swept pediments wrapped by flower-festooned acanthus-scrolls, is designed in the early George III 'picturesque' or 'modern' style introduced by Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Directors, 1754-63 and Messrs. Ince and Mayhew's Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762. In particular, it shares a number of features in common with the latter's 'Pier Glass' patterns (pl. LXXX). A related pier-glass of gilt papier-mâché and pinewood dating from around 1770 is displayed at the Victoria & Albert Museum (see: G. Wills, English Looking Glasses, London, 1965, fig. 152)

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