Live Auction 6357Christie's Interiors - Style and Spirit
A PAIR OF GILTWOOD MIRRORS
Lot 157

A PAIR OF GILTWOOD MIRRORS

IN THE MANNER OF JOHN AND FRANCIS BOOKER, RECENT MANUFACTURE

Closed3 July 2012

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GBP 11,250

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A PAIR OF GILTWOOD MIRRORS
IN THE MANNER OF JOHN AND FRANCIS BOOKER, RECENT MANUFACTURE
Of architectural form, each with a broken pediment centred by a foliate carved over a rectangular plate flanked by fluted columns
71 in. (180 cm.) high; 47¼ in. (120 cm.) wide

Specialist note

These mirrors are similar in style to a pair carved by the famous Dublin firm of Francis and John Brooker circa 1750, Glin Castle, Co. Limerick. See The Knight of Glin and James Peill, Irish Furniture, Yale University Press, 2007, p. 140-141.