STYLE: Private Collections
STYLE: Private Collections
PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GEORGE III CARVED GILTWOOD MIRROR, CIRCA 1760
Auction Closed
November 12, 05:03 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Gentleman
A GEORGE III CARVED GILTWOOD MIRROR, CIRCA 1760
the divided rectangular plates surmounted with a floral cresting above interlaced scrolls flanked by ho-ho birds, the pierced borders carved with foliate scrolls and floral sprays centred with c-scroll cabochon apron, apparently retaining original plates and gilding
213cm. high, 114cm. wide; 6ft. 11¾in., 3ft. 8¾in.
With Hotspur Ltd.;
Acquired from Mallett & Son (Antiques) Ltd.
This exquisitely carved mirror is conceived in the George III ‘Rococo’ style popularised by the publication of Mathias Lock’s A New Book of Ornaments (1752), Thomas Chippendale’s The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director (1754) and Thomas Johnson’s Collection of Designs (1758). Beautifully drawn, aspects of its design can be seen in the output of each of these towering figures, all of whom embraced the taste for Chinoiserie and employed perched ho-ho birds in their pattern books (see figs. 1 & 2).