IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM AND JOHN LINNELL, CIRCA 1760-65

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A GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRROR
IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM AND JOHN LINNELL, CIRCA 1760-65
Of cartouche form, the central oval plate within outer slips, the frame with foliated C-scrolls and floral motifs
62 ¾ in. (159.5 cm.) high, 30 ½ in. (77.5 cm) wide

Provenance

Acquired from Stuart and Turner, London, November 1947.

Literature

D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 314, no. 333.

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Lot Essay

This mirror is conceived in the George II 'Modern' or 'pittoresque' fashion first popularized in the 1750s and 1760s, and disseminated through pattern books such as Thomas Chippendale's Director in 1754 (1st edition). The design for this mirror, with its central oval plate surrounded by border plates framed by C-scrolls, foliage and garlands, relates to a drawing of circa 1760-5 by the Linnell firm, father and son, illustrated in H. Hayward, P. Kirkham, William and John Linnell: Eighteenth Century London Furniture Makers, London, 1980, p. 114, fig. 220.

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