ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCE AND BANTING, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A ROYAL GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD CHEVAL MIRROR
Attributed to France and Banting, first quarter 19th century
The rectangular plate in a moulded frame between channelled spreading uprights with knob handles, on a trestle base joined by two turned baluster stretchers, with downswept legs with brass caps and castors, one support cracked, lacking one patera, the underside of one trestle end stamped 'G IV R NO 7', the underside of the other trestle end stamped 'V R 1866' beneath a crown and 'WINDSOR CASTLE ROOM 640', with two labels, one printed in red 'THE PROPERTY OF THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN' the other printed 'WINDSOR CASTLE ROOM' and inscribed in ink '640'
61¼ in. (155.5 cm.) high; 33½ in. (85 cm.) wide

Provenance

Supplied to H.M. King George IV (d.1830) for Windsor Castle.
Recorded in Room 640 in 1866.

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Lot Essay

The cheval-glass, with Grecian scroll standards enriched with pearled paterae, formed part of the furnishings of George IV's Windsor Castle. It may have been executed in the late 1820's by the St. James's Street firm of Banting and France, who were responsible for so much of the plainer furniture supplied to the castle at this period.
As well as the 1866 Holland and Sons inventory brand, it bears the much less common George IV inventory brand. It was presumably removed from Windsor Castle as a perquisite of a later Lord Chamberlain, according to his printed label.
This form of standard featured in T. King's Modern Style of Cabinet Work Exemplified of 1829.

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