A PAIR OF GEORGE II STYLE GILTWOOD MIRRORS
A PAIR OF GEORGE II STYLE GILTWOOD MIRRORS

LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II STYLE GILTWOOD MIRRORS
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each with a rectangular bevelled plate within a conforming surround carved with Vitruvian scrolls, bead and reel and leaf tips, surmounted by a similarly-carved broken pediment centered by a shell above a foliate-clasp, all over a frieze centered by a female mask, flanked by garlands, one mirror with chalk inscription to the reverse MH 6/1
73 in. (185.5 cm.) high, 35½ in. (90 cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

This pair of mirrors, with breakfronted temple-pediment with Roman with Apollo head keystone are designed in the 'antique' style promoted in George II's reign by James Gibbs in his Book of Architecture, 1728, and William Jones in his The Gentleman's or Builder's Companion, 1739 (E. White, ed., The Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design, Suffolk, 1990, pp. 323-324, pls. 41-49).

A related eighteenth century mirror, originally in the collection of The Lords Burnham, Hall Barn, Buckinghamshire, was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 18 October 2001, lot 123. Its overall architectural quality with its foliate-guilloche frame border also compares to molding patterns found in Batty Langley's Builder's Jewell or Youth's Instructor, 1741 (pl. 78).

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