Live Auction 5303Christie's Style & Spirit
A PAIR OF GILTWOOD MIRRORS
Lot 8

A PAIR OF GILTWOOD MIRRORS

ONE GEORGE III, CIRCA 1760, IN THE MANNER OF JOHN VARDY, THE OTHER 20TH CENTURY

Closed16 September 2014

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GBP 5,000

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A PAIR OF GILTWOOD MIRRORS
ONE GEORGE III, CIRCA 1760, IN THE MANNER OF JOHN VARDY, THE OTHER 20TH CENTURY
The frame in the form of two tied palm leaves, the Georgian mirror re-gilt and with later mirror plate and backboard, possibly formerly with a conforming giltwood suspension
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 29 in. (74 cm.) wide

Specialist note

These palm leaf mirrors recall the 1750s' work of the architect John Vardy (1718 -1765) for the 1st Earl Spencer's mansion in St James's in London. In addition to the splendid Palm Room, Vardy introduced a triumphal palm screen in the bedroom apartment at Spencer House. It is thought that John Vardy's brother, the carver & gilder Thomas Vardy (d. 1788) of Park Street, was responsible for the execution of the Palm Room furnishings.