Description & Technical information
The candle arms of this mirror are almost identical to a design for a girandole and a chimney glass both of circa 1790 and illustrated in L. Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, plates 215 and 216.
Note: The mirror retains most of the original gilding and the original mirror plates. Some of the paint surface has been retouched.
Date: 1790
Period: 1750-1850, 18th century
Origin: England
Medium: Giltwood
Dimensions: 158 x 166 x 29 cm (62¹/₄ x 65³/₈ x 11³/₈ inches)
Provenance: Jeremy Ltd., London, England, until 1976.
Private collection, England.
Literature: Lindsay Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, 1995, pls 215-16.
Categories: Furniture
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