A group of ten designs for pedimented Pier-Glasses

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Joseph Sanderson (c.1690-1747)
A group of ten designs for pedimented Pier-Glasses
seven signed with initials 'J.S.' (lower left)
five pencil, pen and grey ink with brown wash, three pencil, pen and grey ink and grey wash, one with fragmented watermark
6 7/8 x 4¼ in. (17.5 x 10.8 cm.); and slightly smaller (10 in five frames) (5)

Provenance

Charles John Shoppee, F.R.I.B.A (d. 1898).
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 19 December 1989, part of lots 43 and 44.

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Lot Essay

The designs executed by the carpenter joiner Joseph Sanderson, (circa 1690-1747), reflect the George II 'Roman' fashion derived in part from that of Inigo Jones (d. 1652) and promoted by Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington through his architect protégés, such as William Kent (d. 1748) and by publications such as J. Vardy, Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr.William Kent, 1744.

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