CIRCA 1740

細節

A GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRROR
Circa 1740
The later rectangular bevelled plate in a part-beaded reel-frame and sanded border with scallop-shell upper angles, the frieze centered by a sunburst Apollo mask tablet flanked by acanthus scrolls, the triangular pediment centered by a double scallop-shell, the sides with foliate trails above rounded lower angles with flowerhead terminals, regilt
70in. (179cm.) high, 41in. (104cm.) wide

來源

The Lords Burnham, Hall Barn, Buckinghamshire.
Thence by descent until sold, the late Lieutenant Colonel Lord Burnham, Christie's London, 7 July 1994, lot 33 (£11,500).

拍品專文

The Roman pedimented mirror, with Apollo head keystone is designed in the antique style promoted by James Gibbs in his Book of Architecture, 1728 and William Jones in his The Gentleman's or Builder's Companion, 1739 (see P.Ward-Jackson, English Furniture Designs, London, 1958, pl.25).

The mirror may have been acquired by Sir E. Lawson, later Lord Burnham, at the time of his aggrandisement of Hall Barn, Buckinghamshire which he purchased in 1882. Colin Campbell was one of the architects involved in this ancient mansion and his 1728 design for a banqueting room features in his Vitruvius Britannicus, vol.III.