EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Details

A REGENCE BRASS-MOUNTED AND INLAID TORTOISESHELL 'BOULLE' MARQUETRY TABLE MIRROR
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The replaced arched plate with foliate decorated borders, with a later easel support
25 ½ in. (65 cm.) high; 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) wide

Provenance

Purchased by William James prior to 1912.

Literature

West Dean Park, Inventory, 1912, Vol. I WDMS. 336, p. 88 – FIRST FLOOR ROSE BEDROOM – 'A shaped Table Mirror in black tortoise-shell & Boulle frame arched top, easel back; 24 x 20'.
West Dean Park, Inventory, 1932, Vol. I, WDMS. 3342, either 'Bedroom No. 2 – An easel table mirror in boulle frame' or 'Bedroom No. 3 – ‘An easel table mirror in Boulle frame'.

Special notice

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