ID 1126391
Lot 17 | A PAIR OF GEORGE II GILTWOOD MIRRORS
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
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).
| Medium: | Giltwood |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Mirrors |
| Medium: | Giltwood |
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| Historical era: | Georgian period |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Mirrors |
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