The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma
The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma
A pair of unusual George III style ivory and blue painted gesso and gilt mirrors, in the manner of Thomas Chippendale
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March 24, 08:41 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A pair of unusual George III style ivory and blue painted gesso and gilt mirrors
in the manner of Thomas Chippendale
the oval plates in moulded frames applied with running borders of beading, acanthus and guilloche
178cm. high, 56cm. wide
Inventory, 1885, p. 32, both in the morning room;
Inventory, 1926, p. 26, in the dining room;
Peter Thornton, The Furnishing of Mersham-le-Hatch, Part I, Apollo, April 1970, p. 271, fig.9.
Inventory, 1926, p. 26, in the dining room;
Peter Thornton, The Furnishing of Mersham-le-Hatch, Part I, Apollo, April 1970, p. 271, fig.9.
The present mirrors follow Thomas Chippendale's design for 'A large oval glass in a rich carv'd frame painted blue & white' supplied on 14 October 1767 for the 'Anti-Room' at Mersham (Thornton, op. cit., p. 270, fig. 8) and presumably belong to the group of fine and historically sensitive copies executed in the 19th century.