Lot 151
151
AN EARLY VICTORIAN EBONISED AND HARDSTONE-INLAID DRESSING-MIRROR
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AN EARLY VICTORIAN EBONISED AND HARDSTONE-INLAID DRESSING-MIRROR

DESIGNED BY WILLIAM BURGES, 1858

Details
AN EARLY VICTORIAN EBONISED AND HARDSTONE-INLAID DRESSING-MIRROR
DESIGNED BY WILLIAM BURGES, 1858
The rectangular bevelled plate surrounded by bevelled roundels and shaped bevelled plates in a moulded frame between uprights with marble knobs, above a rectangular base enclosing an ebonised drawer with rouge griotte panels centred by a lapis lazuli roundel with heart-shaped pendant handle with 'J A Y' cypher, on bracket feet, the handle with maker's mark 'EE', the hinges stamped 'COPE & AUSTIN PATENT'
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 22½ in. (57 cm.) wide; 9¾ in. (25 cm.) deep
Provenance
Designed by William Burges as a wedding present for the Reverend J. A. Yatman and his wife Anna Hamilton (d. 1922), The Hall, Winscombe, 1858.
Osmond Tricks, Bristol [auctioneers], 9 September 1983, part of lots 502-3.
Literature
J. Mordaunt Crook, William Burges and the High Victorian Dream, London, 1981, p. 295 & p. 406, n. 26.
J. Cooper. Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, London, 1987, fig. 152.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis This lot is subject to Collection and Storage charges

Lot Essay

The cypher on the handle is that of 'J. A. Y.' for the Reverend John Augustus Yatman, of Winscombe, brother of Herbert George Yatman of Haslemere. The latter commissioned Burges in 1858 to design a superb painted cabinet which has since become known as 'The Yatman Cabinet' (now in the Victoria & Albert Museum). In the same year, the Rev'd J. A. Yatman was married and Burges' wedding present to them was an entire painted bedroom filled with furniture. The room has since been overpainted but a side table, bed, two wardrobes and the present dressing-mirror survive (J. Mordaunt Crook, loc. cit.)

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