Provenance & Patina: Important English Furniture from a West Coast Collection

Provenance & Patina: Important English Furniture from a West Coast Collection

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 1040. A Pair of George II Giltwood Pier Mirrors in the Manner of William Kent, Circa 1730.

A Pair of George II Giltwood Pier Mirrors in the Manner of William Kent, Circa 1730

Auction Closed

June 18, 08:33 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 100,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

of architectural form, the bevelled rectangular plate within a sanded frame with reel-and-bead and egg-and-dart moulded border and foliate carved decoration, surmounted by a broken pediment with a punched ground and a scrolled and acanthus carved cartouche, the pediment with conforming egg-and-dart decoration and a leaf-carved moulded edge above a frieze centred with a lion mask issuing from tied palm fronds and flanked by foliate clasps, the sides hung with foliate trails, the shaped apron centred with a carved shell, re-gilt


height 59 ½ in.; width 34 in.

151.1 cm; 86.4 cm

Christie's New York, 17 October 1981, lot 190;

Sir Joseph Hotung, London;

Sotheby's London, The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung, 7 December 2022, lot 10.

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