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Lot Essay
These 'Chinese' pier-glasses, with pagoda-swept canopies attended by exotic birds perched on angular pillars, are designed in the eclectic George II fashion styled as 'Modern', in Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1754. Similar designs were widely published in following years including by Thomas Johnson in his Collection of Designs, 1758, pl.1-4, and One Hundred and Fifty New Designs, 1761, pl. 34, 53, 7 and 22. The fashion endured since Chippendale published further designs in the third edition of his Director in 1763, the closest being pl.CLXIX.
A closely related pair of mirrors, also 19th century, was sold anonymously Christie's, London, 3 November 2011, lot 79, (£22,500 including premium).
A closely related pair of mirrors, also 19th century, was sold anonymously Christie's, London, 3 November 2011, lot 79, (£22,500 including premium).