A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRRORS

Lot 17
01.02.2024 10:00UTC -05:00
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Starting price
$ 150 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1126391
Lot 17 | A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRRORS
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$ 150 000 – 250 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRRORS

AFTER A DESIGN BY MATTHIAS LOCK, CIRCA 1740



Each divided beveled plate with floral divide and outer slips, with swan’s neck cresting centered by a foliate sunburst, the sides headed by Chinese figures with foliate headdresses and continuing to pendant fruit and floral clusters, the base with scroll angles and center, the mirror plates original and reused from earlier Queen Anne mirrors and re-silvered, one with a printed paper label to the reverse for ART TREASURES EXHIBITION BATH 1973 and ink #88



100 in. (254 cm.) high, 43 ½ in. (110.5 cm.) wide





Provenance

With Mallett, London.

The Estate of Mrs. Lynn Wolfson, Miami; Christie's, New York, 13 April 2016, lot 9.

Acquired from the above sale.



Literature

L. Synge, Great English Furniture, London, 1991, p. 86, fig. 91.



Exhibited

Bath, Assembly Rooms, C.I.N.O.A. International Art Treasures Exhibition, 1973, no. 88 (according to the label).
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