A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD TWO-LIGHT GIRANDOLES

IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS JOHNSON, CIRCA 1755-60

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD TWO-LIGHT GIRANDOLES
IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS JOHNSON, CIRCA 1755-60
Each with a foliate C-scroll and rockwork surround surmounted by the moustachiod head of a Chinaman with acanthus headdress, the frame centred by a hatted figure on a rockwork balustrade, and issuing scrolled foliate branches with ormolu foliate nozzles, regilt
45 x 17½ in. (115 x 45cm.) (2)

Provenance

Acquired from W.Thomas, 9 September 1974.

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Lot Essay

A virtually identical design was published in Thomas Johnson's (d.1778) Collection of Designs (1758), pl.47, and subsequently in One Hundred & Fifty New Designs, (1761), pl.52. A similar model was exhibited by Norman Adams Ltd. at the Antique Dealers' Fair, Grosvenor House, 1990.

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