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A PAIR OF GILTWOOD THREE LIGHT GIRANDOLES
In the manner of Thomas Johnson, each with a divided mirrored plate of assymetrical outline surmounted by a ho-ho bird with outstretched wings and bordered with foliate-headed pilasters with rocaille, C-scrolls and shaped platforms and issuing foliate scrolling candlebranches
49in. (124.5cm.) high, 21½in. (54.5cm.) wide
The design of these girandoles is insprired by one by Thomas Chippendale which was illustrated in The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 3rd ed., London, 1763, pl. CLXXVIII (right). (2)
In the manner of Thomas Johnson, each with a divided mirrored plate of assymetrical outline surmounted by a ho-ho bird with outstretched wings and bordered with foliate-headed pilasters with rocaille, C-scrolls and shaped platforms and issuing foliate scrolling candlebranches
49in. (124.5cm.) high, 21½in. (54.5cm.) wide
The design of these girandoles is insprired by one by Thomas Chippendale which was illustrated in The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 3rd ed., London, 1763, pl. CLXXVIII (right). (2)