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A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED ROCOCO CHIMNEYPIECES, with integral overmantels, in the Chinese taste after a design by Matthias Lock, each looking-glass with arched frame centred by a lattice framed pavillion, above a shell cartouche, acanthus and foliate ornament, a Ho-Ho bird flanking to each side, with icicles below, the shaped frame with sectional plate, a small bracket shelf to each side, embellished with scrolling foliage, the lower part with a pierced trellis and four turned finials with a 'C'-scroll flanking each side, the chimneypieces, each with a serpentine shelf, the shaped frieze centred by a scallop shell, the jambs with scrolls, icicles and foliage, repainted, late 19th/early 20th century

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A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT AND WHITE-PAINTED ROCOCO CHIMNEYPIECES, with integral overmantels, in the Chinese taste after a design by Matthias Lock, each looking-glass with arched frame centred by a lattice framed pavillion, above a shell cartouche, acanthus and foliate ornament, a Ho-Ho bird flanking to each side, with icicles below, the shaped frame with sectional plate, a small bracket shelf to each side, embellished with scrolling foliage, the lower part with a pierced trellis and four turned finials with a 'C'-scroll flanking each side, the chimneypieces, each with a serpentine shelf, the shaped frieze centred by a scallop shell, the jambs with scrolls, icicles and foliage, repainted, late 19th/early 20th century
the overmantels: 64½in. (164cm.) high; 54½in. (138.5cm.) wide
the chimneypieces: 57in. (145cm.) wide; 44¾in. (113.5cm.) high; 10¼in. (26cm.) deep (2)
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Lot Essay

The design from Matthias Lock, A New Book of Ornaments for Looking Glass Frames, Chimney Pieces &c &c in the Chinese Taste, circa 1752, plate 3.

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