A CHEVAL MIRROR, DESIGNED 1925

Details

SIR GORDON RUSSELL (1892-1980)
A CHEVAL MIRROR, DESIGNED 1925
walnut, yew-wood, ebony
53 ½ in. (136 cm.) high; 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) wide

Provenance

Commissioned by the Yardley Family;
Mr Alan Richardson;
Pastoral, The Fine Arts Society, London, 2002, No. 50;
From where acquired by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

A similar mirror forms part of the Cirencester Dressing Table, designed by Gordon Russell in 1925 and is illustrated in Gordon Russell, Vision and Reality, Gordon Russell Museum, p. 17. An example was displayed in the Gordon Russell Centenary Exhibition, London, 1992.

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