Live Auction 16270The Collector: English and European 18th and 19th Century Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Works of Art
A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD GIRANDOLES
Lot 305 PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD GIRANDOLES

CIRCA 1755

Closed23 October 2018

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD GIRANDOLES
CIRCA 1755
Each with an asymmetrical frame, carved with C-scrolls, stylized columns and trailing vines
29 in. (73.7 cm.) high, 17 in. (43.2 cm.) wide

Tom Devenish: The Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 24 April 2008, lot 65.

Specialist note

The design of these girandoles fully displays the full idiom of the rococo. They are related to a number of designs from various pattern books published in the 1750s, including Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director, 1754, Thomas Johnson, Twelve Girandoles, 1755, Collection of Designs, 1758, One Hundred and Fifty New Designs, 1761 and A Society of Upholsterers' Genteel Household Furniture in the Present Taste, circa 1765.