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WILLIAM BURGES (1827-1881)

Lot 78
14.06.2023 16:00UTC -05:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 964792
Lot 78 | WILLIAM BURGES (1827-1881)
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 25 000
WILLIAM BURGES (1827-1881)
Dressing Mirror, Circa 1858
ebonized walnut, inlaid with hardstones
The rectangular beveled plate surrounded by beveled roundels and shaped plates, in a molded frame between uprights with marble knobs, above a rectangular base enclosing an ebonized drawer with rouge griotte panels centered by a lapis lazuli roundel with heart-shaped pendant handle with 'JAY' cypher, the handles marked EE (possibly for the firm E & E Emanuel), on bracket feet29 ½ in. (75 cm.) high, 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) wide, 9 ¾ in. (25 cm.) deep




Provenance

Designed by William Burges as a wedding present for the Reverend J.A. Yatman and his wife Anna Hamilton (d.1922), The Hall, Winscombe, 1858.

Osmond Tricks, Bristol [auctioneers], 9 September 1983, part of lots 502-3.

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 30 October 1998, lot 754.

Sir Paul Getty, K.B.E., London Residence, sold; Christie's, London, 25 November 2004, lot 151.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.



Literature

J. Mordaunt Crook, William Burges and the High Victorian Dream, London, 1981, p. 295 & p. 406, n. 26J.

J. Cooper, Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, London, 1987, p. 72, fig. 152.



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Applied technique:Ebonising
Medium:Wood, Stone
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Mirrors
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