A pair of limewood wall mirrors 19th century, in the manner of W. G. Rogers

surrounded by deeply carved trailing flowers, fruits and wheatsheafs

In good overall condition. There are some shrinkage and age cracks along the lines of construction. The extremities of the floral decoration have some minor losses to the wood. With old marks and scratches throughout consistent with age and use.
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The 19^th century saw a revival of the Gibbon’s style of profuse and decorative carving. First perpetrated by Edward Wyatt (d.1833), brother of the famed architect James Wyatt, and then more prodigiously by the carver and restorer W. G. Rogers (d.1872). During his lifetime Rogers was much celebrated by his contemporaries as equal to Gibbons. Indeed, he received a commission from Queen Victoria for a carved wooden cradle in the Italian style which was exhibited in 1851 at The Great Exhibition. Recent scholarship has noted that Roger’s biggest impact in the Gibbons style was his restoration work – often restoring original damaged pieces with his own carving (David Esterly, Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving, London, 1998, p. 12).