Lot 101
101
A GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRROR with later oval plate, the frame carved with ribbon-and-rosette entwined with acanthus, with acanthus-scroll cresting, flowerheads and acorns, formerly with additional section to apron, with traces of later ebonising

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A GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRROR with later oval plate, the frame carved with ribbon-and-rosette entwined with acanthus, with acanthus-scroll cresting, flowerheads and acorns, formerly with additional section to apron, with traces of later ebonising
32in. x 23in. (81cm. x 58.5cm.)

Lot Essay

An anonymous drawing in the Victoria and Albert Museum features a very similar mirror (see: P. Ward-Jackson, English Furniture Designs fo the 18th Century, London, 1958, fig. 35. A very similar mirror is illustrated G. Wills, English Looking-Glasses, London, 1965, p. 85, fig. 58.

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