A fine George III giltwood oval pier mirror after a design by Thomas Chippendale circa 1765

Overall good condition; gilding later and with rubbing and wear with some small losses; to central leaf tips with old repaired breaks; cresting and apron probably with old repaired breaks; no elements appear to be later; the mirror glass most probably later and with some losses and pitting to silvering.
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The present mirror is almost identical to a manuscript design for an oval mirror frame from the Chippendale Albums in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, illustrated, C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, 1978, vol. II, p. 77, fig. 118; see also detail of a similar pier frame from Harewood House, op. cit., p. 77, fig. 119.  It corresponds to a mirror supplied by Chippendale to Edwin Lascelles, later Lord Harewood, for one of the 'lodging rooms' at Harewood House, and sold at Christie's, London, July 9, 1992, lot 50.