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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE MRS BARBARA CAMPBELL GOLDING, SOLD BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS (LOTS 85-100)

A GEORGE II GILTWOOD OVERMANTEL

MID-18TH CENTURY, THE PAINTING BY AN ARTIST IN THE CIRCLE OF TOBIAS STRANOVER (HERMANNSTADT 1684 - AFTER 1724)

Details

A GEORGE II GILTWOOD OVERMANTEL
Mid-18th Century, the painting by an artist in the circle of Tobias Stranover (Hermannstadt 1684 - after 1724)
With pierced frame surrounding an oil-on-canvas of pheasant, duck, a parrot and other birds in a landscape, above a mirror with later plate, regilt
98 x 68 in. (249 x 173 cm.)

Provenance

H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent, sold Christie's London, 12-14 March 1947, lot 242.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This mirror was described in the Duchess of Kent sale as:
'A CHIPPENDALE MIRROR, in gilt frame carved with flowers and foliage and with a canvas panel at the top painted with birds in the manner of Bogdani - 8 ft high, 6 ft wide'.

Patterns for related 'Chimney Galsses and Picture Frames' in the George II 'picturesque' manner were published in M. Lock's New Book of Ornaments, 1752 and T. Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754, A related overmantel from Glyne Castle, Wales, was advertised by E. T. Biggs & Sons Ltd. in The Connoisseur, June 1962.

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