Live Auction 8999Colefax and Fowler, Then and Now: Collections From Hambleden Manor, Lushill, and 39 Brook Street, Mayfair
A GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRROR
Lot 165

A GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRROR

CIRCA 1755, IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS JOHNSON

Closed10 July 2013

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GBP 11,250

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A GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRROR
CIRCA 1755, IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS JOHNSON
The oval plate within a rockwork-moulded frame flanked by naturalistic trees issuing from ruins, surmounted by a pierced acanthus scroll cresting and with pierced C-scroll and trellis apron, re-gilt, the plate probably replaced
58 7/8 x 35 3/8 in. (149.5 x 90 cm.)

Acquired from Mallett, London.

Specialist note

The present mirror, with its oval plate surrounded by naturalistically modelled ornament and conceived in the George II picturesque fashion, recalls the work of pier-glass maker Thomas Johnson, whose Collection of Designs for mirrors was published in 1758.