Live Auction 16722The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: English & European Furniture, Ceramics and Decorations, Part II
A GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRROR
Lot 606

A GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRROR

IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM AND JOHN LINNELL, CIRCA 1760-65

Closed10 May 2018

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A GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRROR
IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM AND JOHN LINNELL, CIRCA 1760-65
Of cartouche form, the central oval plate within outer slips, the frame with foliated C-scrolls and floral motifs
62 ¾ in. (159.5 cm.) high, 30 ½ in. (77.5 cm) wide

Acquired from Stuart and Turner, London, November 1947.

Specialist note

This mirror is conceived in the George II 'Modern' or 'pittoresque' fashion first popularized in the 1750s and 1760s, and disseminated through pattern books such as Thomas Chippendale's Director in 1754 (1st edition). The design for this mirror, with its central oval plate surrounded by border plates framed by C-scrolls, foliage and garlands, relates to a drawing of circa 1760-5 by the Linnell firm, father and son, illustrated in H. Hayward, P. Kirkham, William and John Linnell: Eighteenth Century London Furniture Makers, London, 1980, p. 114, fig. 220.