Lot 189
  • 189

A George II carved giltwood frame in the manner of William Kent

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • gilded pine
  • 157cm. high, 138cm. wide; 5ft. 1½in., 4ft. 6in.
now as a mirror, with a paper label to the reverse inscribed 'Lady Dorothy Donohue[?]'

Provenance

Acquired from O.F. Wilson

Condition

Gilding tire. Very decorative. Some laterations. Modern mirror plate. Some chips to carved decoration. Frame possibly altered to the cresting.
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