Hyde Park Antiques: Past, Present and Future Part I
Hyde Park Antiques: Past, Present and Future Part I
A George II Green-Painted Mirror, circa 1755
Auction Closed
January 31, 05:43 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A George II Green-Painted Mirror, circa 1755
previously but not originally gilded, the gilding now removed to reveal traces of an earlier painted surface; replacements to central carved elements in cresting and apron; the reverse bearing a paper label Artists' Colourmen, Paper Hangers, ABRAHAM GRACE & SONS, CARVERS AND GILDERS, PRINT SELLERS; Dealers in Ancient and Modern Paintings & Drawings, Antique China, &c. &c. 5 & 7 WESTGATE, WAKEFIELD. N.B.-Oil Paintings cleaned, lined, and restored, with skill.
height 63 in.; width 34 in.
160 cm; 86.5 cm
Possibly supplied to Sir Rowland Winn, 4th Bt. (1706-1765) for Nostell Priory, Wakefield, Yorkshire, or acquired at a later date
Thence by descent to Charles Winn, 6th Baron St Oswald (b.1959) at Nostell Priory
Christie's London, 14 June 2001, lot 48
Thence by descent to Charles Winn, 6th Baron St Oswald (b.1959) at Nostell Priory
Christie's London, 14 June 2001, lot 48
Stylistically this mirror pre-dates the celebrated Robert Adam interiors and Thomas Chippendale furniture commissioned by Sir Rowland Winn, 5th Baronet, following his inheritance of Nostell Priory in 1765. It may well have formed part of the original furnishing campaign of the 1750s by the architect James Paine (1717-1789). who built the house for Winn's father the 4th Baronet from the mid 1730s in the Palladian style and also provided designs for interiors in the French genre pittoresque manner. A mirror of identical model, most likely a pair to the offered lot, was sold Doyle New York, 14 October 2015, lot 377; this had also been dry-stripped to reveal a white surface with faint traces of green paint.