Furniture, Clocks & Works of Art
Furniture, Clocks & Works of Art
Property of a Private British Collector
A George II parcel-gilt and burr walnut mirror, circa 1730-40
Auction Closed
November 9, 01:23 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Private British Collector
A George II parcel-gilt and burr walnut mirror, circa 1730-40
the swan-neck pediment centred by a cartouche with inverted breakfront frieze, the rectangular bevelled plate between oak leaf festoons and the shaped apron with applied pierced decoration, with later brass candlearms
152cm. high, 81cm. wide; 5ft., 2ft. 8in.
Acquired from Apter Fredericks Ltd. at the Grosvenor House Antiques Fair, 18 June 1992.
The form of this architectural ‘tabernacle’ mirror can trace its lineage to the niches of classical temples of antiquity and which became a hugely popular exponent of neo-Palladian design in the 1730s and beyond. For a closely related tabernacle mirror, see Adam Bowett, English Furniture 1660-1714, From Charles II to Queen Anne, Antique Collectors Club, 2002, p. 298, pl. 6:63. Bowett notes these frames were principally the preserve of carvers however veneered examples, such as the present lot, were produced by the workshops of cabinet-maker's.