A Queen green and gilt japanned pier mirror, early 18th century
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December 14, 02:42 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Queen green and gilt japanned pier mirror, early 18th century
the pierced cresting and cushion frame with gilt-heightened Chinoiserie decoration on a green ground, the divided mirror plate with bevelled edge
152.5cm. high; 57cm. wide; 5ft., 1ft. 10½in.
With Norman Adams, October 1972;
Private Collection, England;
Christie's, London, 14 May 2003, lot 136
Private Collection, England;
Christie's, London, 14 May 2003, lot 136
C. Claxton Stevens and S Whittington, 18th Century English Furniture, The Norman Adams Collection, Woodbridge, 1985, p. 142
For a pair of similar pier-glasses, for comparison, formerly in the important collection of Percival Griffiths see, R. W. Symonds, English Furniture from Charles II to George II, London, 1929, p. 284, fig. 227.
