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A PAIR OF LARGE LATE VICTORIAN GILTWOOD MIRRORS
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 214 & 215)
A PAIR OF LARGE LATE VICTORIAN GILTWOOD MIRRORS

OF GEORGE III STYLE, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LARGE LATE VICTORIAN GILTWOOD MIRRORS
OF GEORGE III STYLE, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each with a cartouche-shaped frame surmounted by a pierced plume cresting and elaborately carved all-over with flowers and rocaille ornament, the sides each centred by a Ho-Ho bird supported by a branch, re-gilt
98 in. (249 cm.) high; 54 in. (137 cm.) wide (2)

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Lot Essay

These giltwood mirrors are influenced by the George III 'picturesque' style popularised in Matthias Lock and Henry Copland's A New Book of Ornaments, London, 1752 and Thomas Chippendale's Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, London, 1754-62. Bordered by flowers, birds, and acanthus-scrolls, the mirrors exemplify the taste for the exotic found in Chippendale's rococo style.

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