A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD TWO-LIGHT GIRANDOLES, each with a cartouche-shaped plate within an asymmetrical frame carved with rockwork, C-scrolls and acanthus-sprays, the rockwork cresting surmounted by a pierced acanthus spray, the central shaped pediment issuing two-scrolling foliate branches with foliate giltmetal drip pans and nozzles above, each with printed collection label Theodore J Cory HAMPTON COURT beneath a coat-of-arms, restorations to gilding

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD TWO-LIGHT GIRANDOLES, each with a cartouche-shaped plate within an asymmetrical frame carved with rockwork, C-scrolls and acanthus-sprays, the rockwork cresting surmounted by a pierced acanthus spray, the central shaped pediment issuing two-scrolling foliate branches with foliate giltmetal drip pans and nozzles above, each with printed collection label Theodore J Cory HAMPTON COURT beneath a coat-of-arms, restorations to gilding
54in. x 26in. (137.5cm. x 66cm.) (2)

Provenance

Theodore J. Cory, Esq., Hampton Court, Hope-under-Dinmore, Herefordshire

Lot Essay

Compared to some of the concoctions illustrated in Matthias Lock and Henry Copland's New Book of Ornaments of 1752 or Thomas Johnson's Collection of Designs of 1758 these girandoles are models of restraints. These are particularly unusual for being entirely foliate without any Chinese or architectural motif at all.

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