ID 820014
Lot 368 | A GEORGE II STYLE GILTWOOD FIRE SURROUND AND OVERMANTEL MIRROR
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 40 000
BY AGRELL AND THORPE, SAN FRANCISCO, 1996, AFTER A DESIGN BY LOCK AND COPLAND
The fire surround exuberantly carved with C-scrolls, acanthus, dripping rockwork and scrolling foliage, the overmantel designed in the Chinese Chippendale taste, the cresting with a Chinaman flanked by ho-ho birds, the sides with seated Chinese figures and further birds, the plates within a pierced frame carved with entwined branches, dripping rockwork and a balcony, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
The fire surround: 59 in. (150 cm.) high, 73 1/2 in. (187 cm.) wide, 7 3/4 in. (19.5 cm.) deep
The mirror: 92 1/2 in. (235 cm.) high, 72 in. (183 cm.) wide, 7 in. (18 cm.) deep
Provenance
Commissioned from Agrell & Thorpe Ltd., San Francisco, by Ann and Gordon Getty in 1996.
Special notice
This Lot is transferred to Christie’s Redstone Post-Sale Facility in Long Island City after 5.00 pm on the last day of the sale. They will be available at Redstone on the following Monday.
Property may be transferred at Christie’s discretion following the sale
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| Medium: | Glass, Giltwood |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Mirrors |
| Medium: | Glass, Giltwood |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Mirrors |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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