CIRCA 1765, IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS CHIPPENDALE

Details

A GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRROR
CIRCA 1765, IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS CHIPPENDALE
The later oval plate within a rope-twist frame surround and frame composed of interlaced palm fronds centred by a shell at the crest and apron, re-gilt
53 ¾ x 34 ½ in. (136.5 x 87.5 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 24 January 1992, lot 291.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 16 October 2009, lot 134.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This mirror relates closely to a design found in the Chippendale Albums in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated, C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, 1978, vol. II, p. 77, fig. 118. A very similar mirror was sold at Christie's, London for the Harewood Charitable Trust, 10 April 1986, lot 80 for £51,840 (including premium) having been moved to store from the Circular Dressing Room at Harewood circa 1844-45.

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