Live Auction 4102Christie's Interiors
A GEORGE II GILTWOOD OVERMANTEL MIRROR
Lot 291

A GEORGE II GILTWOOD OVERMANTEL MIRROR

MID-18TH CENTURY

Closed24 January 2012

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GBP 1,250

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A GEORGE II GILTWOOD OVERMANTEL MIRROR
MID-18TH CENTURY
With oval plate flanked by rocaille and foliate scroll ornament and with outer scroll detail and eagle heads with flowers hanging from their mouths, below a projecting egg and dart moulded cornice
29 in. (74 cm.) high; 67 in. (170 cm.) wide

Specialist note

This mirror may well have originally formed part of a panelled interior similar to the Norfolk House Music room, now re-assembled in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and an early expression of the French Rococo style.