CIRCA 1735

A pair of similarly conceived cream-painted and parcel-gilt oval mirrors from Dyrham Park, Middlesex were later sold by David Style, Esq., Wateringbury Place, Maidstone, Christie's sale on the premises, 31 May-2 June 1978, lot 245 and again, anonymously, Christie's London, 25 June 1985, lot 154 (£81,000). Another closely related mirror in the Queen's Bedchamber at Ham House, Surrey is illustrated in P. Thornton and M. Tomlin, 'The Furnishing and Decoration of Ham House', Furniture History, 1980, fig.160. This mirror was probably supplied by William Bradshaw, who supplied the tapestries in the Queen's Bedchamber to the 4th Earl of Dysart.