EARLY 18TH CENTURY AND LATER, POSSIBLY ADAPTED AND EMBELLISHED IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY

This large and impressive mirror, was likely 'improved' for Mary, Marchioness of Downshire, possibly by the fashionable royal cabinet makers Tatham, Bailey & Saunders, as part of her extensive program of works and renovation at Ombersley after she inherited the estate in 1806. The work is in line with the deep respect she showed for the history of the house. Whilst she re-cased the exterior in the severely classical style fashionable in the early years of the 19th century, she respected the principal interiors of the original house leaving them unaltered and generally resisted the common temptation to further 'improve' them whilst adding additional spaces, such as the new dining room and redecorating lesser rooms completely in contemporary styles, such as the 'Chinese Room' on the first floor, see also lot 175.