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A MATCHED PAIR OF ENGLISH GILTWOOD MIRRORS
Lot 388PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM F. REILLY (LOT 388)

A MATCHED PAIR OF ENGLISH GILTWOOD MIRRORS

ONE GEORGE II, CIRCA 1740, THE OTHER MODERN BY CARVERS AND GILDERS, LONDON

Fermé15 April 2011

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A MATCHED PAIR OF ENGLISH GILTWOOD MIRRORS
ONE GEORGE II, CIRCA 1740, THE OTHER MODERN BY CARVERS AND GILDERS, LONDON
Each rectangular frame with a stepped tablet carved with masks and draped with husk swags surrounding a later beveled mirror plate
59 in. (150 cm.) high, 36 in. (91.5 cm.) wide (2)

Acquired from C. & H. Antiques, London, in 2001 (the 18th century mirror).

Note du spécialiste

The mirror's echinous-moulded border tablet-fretted at the crest and acanthus-enriched base relates to George II 'Roman' pier-glass patterns by John Vardy as well as to those by anonymous designers from 1740-45. ( P. Ward-Jackson, English Furniture Designs of the Eighteenth Century, London, 1958, figs 35, 37 and 42). The poetic laurel 'baguettes' festooning the frame are conceived in the French/Grecian fashion as featured on George III period pier-glasses supplied for Croome Court, Worcestershire, of which a pair was offered anonymously at Christie's, London, 28 June 1979, lot 95.