A Queen Anne bevelled glass wall mirror circa 1700, attributed to John Gumley

the central plate flanked by cut glass decorated border glass, the canted margins divided by giltwood mounts, margin plates lacking

In poor condition. There are only 2 marginal plates in tact. The main plate has some corrosion but is generally in good condition and the upper and lower plates have corrosion but are very decorative.
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This glass wall mirror would either have been supplied by Gerrit Jensen or John Gumley. Jensen was retained by the 1st Duke to supply glass up until 1700, replaced by John Gumley in that year. Jensen for instance is recorded as having supplied three mirrors 'For ye Chimeny Glass', 'For ye Dineing Room' in 1692 at a cost of £20. John Gumley supplied the great pair of pier glasses in the State Bedroom (Paid Mr Gumley for 2 Large Looking Glasses £200) one of which is signed and dated 1703. These had fragmented over the years but were fully restored in 1999 (see The Duchess of Devonshire, The House, London, 2002, p. 89, illus. p. 86-87).The chimneypiece now in the State Dressing room incorporates as similar wall mirror as part of the ensemble created for the 8th Duke by Romaine Walker in 1912 (see opposite). Either the mirror offered here or that now in the state closet might be the one recorded as Chimney Glass Broke in the Needlework Bed Chamber in the inventory of Chatsworth taken in October 1764.