IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS JOHNSON, 20TH CENTURY

細節

A PAIR OF GILTWOOD TWIN-LIGHT WALL APPLIQUES
IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS JOHNSON, 20TH CENTURY
Each pierced and carved, in the rococo taste, flanked by scrolling leafy boughs forming the candle-branches, with later associated brass candle-sockets, restorations
44 x 26 in. (112 x 66 cm.) (2)

來源

Mrs. H. A. Du Boulay; sold Christie's, London, 14 November 1996, lot 129.

注意事項

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.

拍品專文

The 'picturesque vignette' wall-lights, of a landscaped park with overgrown obelisk, rustic pillar, and bridge over a water-dripping grotto, relate to 'Girandole' patterns in Thomas Johnson's, Collection of Designs, 1758, pl. 51.