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A George II carved giltwood mirror, circa 1750, in the manner of Matthias Lock
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A George II carved giltwood mirror, circa 1750, in the manner of Matthias Lock
the scrolled foliate cresting flanked by dragons, within a scrolled and rocaille-carved frame, with male- and female-headed terms to the uprights and foliate scrolls with a shell-centred apron, the gilding refreshed
137cm. high, 79.5cm. wide; 4ft. 6 in., 2ft. 7 5/16in.
Literature
Ronald Phillips Ltd., catalogue, London, 2000, p.95.
Ronald Phillips Ltd., Mirrors 1660-1820, London, 2010, p.254.
This elaborately carved giltwood mirror is derived from a pattern published by Matthias Lock in his Six Sconces, 1744, pl. 4.1 A pier glass to this design was supplied by Lock to the 2nd Earl Poulett for the Tapestry Room at Hinton House, Somerset (c.1735) now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (acc. no. W.8-1960). At auction, mirrors of this model have been offered at Christie’s New York, 6-20 October 2023, lot 454, Christie’s New York, 19 October 2000, lot 224, and another from the collection of Gerald Hochschild, Sotheby's London, 1 December 1978, lot 39.
1 Reproduced in Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design: The Printed Sources, ed. Elizabeth White, Woodbbridge, 1990, p.326.
the scrolled foliate cresting flanked by dragons, within a scrolled and rocaille-carved frame, with male- and female-headed terms to the uprights and foliate scrolls with a shell-centred apron, the gilding refreshed
137cm. high, 79.5cm. wide; 4ft. 6 in., 2ft. 7 5/16in.
Literature
Ronald Phillips Ltd., catalogue, London, 2000, p.95.
Ronald Phillips Ltd., Mirrors 1660-1820, London, 2010, p.254.
This elaborately carved giltwood mirror is derived from a pattern published by Matthias Lock in his Six Sconces, 1744, pl. 4.1 A pier glass to this design was supplied by Lock to the 2nd Earl Poulett for the Tapestry Room at Hinton House, Somerset (c.1735) now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (acc. no. W.8-1960). At auction, mirrors of this model have been offered at Christie’s New York, 6-20 October 2023, lot 454, Christie’s New York, 19 October 2000, lot 224, and another from the collection of Gerald Hochschild, Sotheby's London, 1 December 1978, lot 39.
1 Reproduced in Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design: The Printed Sources, ed. Elizabeth White, Woodbbridge, 1990, p.326.
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A George II carved giltwood mirror, circa 1750, in the manner of Matthias Lock
the scrolled foliate cresting flanked by dragons, within a scrolled and rocaille-carved frame, with male- and female-headed terms to the uprights and foliate scrolls with a shell-centred apron, the gilding refreshed
137cm. high, 79.5cm. wide; 4ft. 6 in., 2ft. 7 5/16in.
Literature
Ronald Phillips Ltd., catalogue, London, 2000, p.95.
Ronald Phillips Ltd., Mirrors 1660-1820, London, 2010, p.254.
This elaborately carved giltwood mirror is derived from a pattern published by Matthias Lock in his Six Sconces, 1744, pl. 4.1 A pier glass to this design was supplied by Lock to the 2nd Earl Poulett for the Tapestry Room at Hinton House, Somerset (c.1735) now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (acc. no. W.8-1960). At auction, mirrors of this model have been offered at Christie’s New York, 6-20 October 2023, lot 454, Christie’s New York, 19 October 2000, lot 224, and another from the collection of Gerald Hochschild, Sotheby's London, 1 December 1978, lot 39.
1 Reproduced in Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design: The Printed Sources, ed. Elizabeth White, Woodbbridge, 1990, p.326.
the scrolled foliate cresting flanked by dragons, within a scrolled and rocaille-carved frame, with male- and female-headed terms to the uprights and foliate scrolls with a shell-centred apron, the gilding refreshed
137cm. high, 79.5cm. wide; 4ft. 6 in., 2ft. 7 5/16in.
Literature
Ronald Phillips Ltd., catalogue, London, 2000, p.95.
Ronald Phillips Ltd., Mirrors 1660-1820, London, 2010, p.254.
This elaborately carved giltwood mirror is derived from a pattern published by Matthias Lock in his Six Sconces, 1744, pl. 4.1 A pier glass to this design was supplied by Lock to the 2nd Earl Poulett for the Tapestry Room at Hinton House, Somerset (c.1735) now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (acc. no. W.8-1960). At auction, mirrors of this model have been offered at Christie’s New York, 6-20 October 2023, lot 454, Christie’s New York, 19 October 2000, lot 224, and another from the collection of Gerald Hochschild, Sotheby's London, 1 December 1978, lot 39.
1 Reproduced in Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design: The Printed Sources, ed. Elizabeth White, Woodbbridge, 1990, p.326.
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