A PAIR OF REGENCY GILTWOOD TWIN LIGHT MERMAID WALL LIGHTS
A PAIR OF REGENCY GILTWOOD TWIN LIGHT MERMAID WALL LIGHTS
Date 1815
Period 1750-1850, 19th century
Origin England
Medium Giltwood
Dimension 48.5 x 38 x 30.5 cm (19¹/₈ x 15 x 12 inches)
A pair of torchères carved as a mermaid and a merman were sold by Clifford Wright Antiques Ltd. in the 1980s.
A related drawing by John Linnell depicts a mermaid as an end support for a settee in the State Drawing Room at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire.
Date: 1815
Period: 1750-1850, 19th century
Origin: England
Medium: Giltwood
Dimension: 48.5 x 38 x 30.5 cm (19¹/₈ x 15 x 12 inches)
Provenance: The Earls of Lyndsey, Uffington House, Lincolnshire, England.
Literature: Clifford Musgrave, Adam and Hepplewhite and Other Neo-Classical Furniture, 1966, pl. 32.
Ronald Phillips Ltd
18th Century and Early 19th Century English Furniture, Objets d’Art, Glass, Clocks and Barometers
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