Lot 174
174
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GILTWOOD MIRROR with later central rounded rectangular plate in a frame of palm leaves, the mirrored border below an arched cresting with boldly acanthus-carved basket-of-flowers cresting and flanked by bold acanthus side scrolls, centred by ho-ho birds perched in trees on a rockwork base, the apron carved with swags of flowers, rockwork and acanthus amongst confronting C-scrolls, some of the decoration in composition, the back inscribed in chalk Broken, second quarter 19th Century

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A GILTWOOD MIRROR with later central rounded rectangular plate in a frame of palm leaves, the mirrored border below an arched cresting with boldly acanthus-carved basket-of-flowers cresting and flanked by bold acanthus side scrolls, centred by ho-ho birds perched in trees on a rockwork base, the apron carved with swags of flowers, rockwork and acanthus amongst confronting C-scrolls, some of the decoration in composition, the back inscribed in chalk Broken, second quarter 19th Century
103 x 54½in. (261 x 138cm.)

Lot Essay

This reed-edged mirror, bordered by flower-festooned acanthus-scrolls and gnarled trees inhabited by exotic birds, relates to picturesque frame patterns, in the Louis XV style, published by Matthias Lock and Henry Copland in, A New Book of Ornaments, London, 1752 and Thomas Chippendale in his Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, London, 1754.

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