A carved giltwood and gesso oval wall mirror 19th century

the oval plate within a moulded, fluted frame surmounted by an urn with an anthemion cresting and rams` mask handles to the sides, flanked by scrolling foliage, the sides with winged griffin motifs, with garlands of husks below, the apron with scrolls and foliage, regilded, plate replaced

Good overall restored condition. Some minor wear to gilding and characteristic age cracks to gesso elements. For further information on this Lot, please contact the English Furniture Department on 00 44 (0) 207 293-5470.
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The present mirror is based on a design for a wall mirror by Robert Adam for Kenwood House, Hampstead, (see illustration), published in The works in architecture of Robert and James Adam, vol. 1 (1778), pt. II, pl. VIII. It was designed for use in the small parlour on the east side of of the north front of the house, known as the breakfast room.  The original was carved by Sefferin Nelson. Although other furniture carved by him still exists in situ, the mirror on which the present lot is based, is now lost.