A GEORGE I BLUE JAPANNED MIRROR GIRANDOLE

Date	1720
Period	1600-1750, 18th century
Origin	England
Medium	Blue japanned
Dimensions	70 x 27.5 x 23 cm (27¹/₂ x 10⁷/₈ x 9 inches)
Gallery	Ronald Phillips Ltd

Description
Technical

The girandole is preserved in exceptional condition and retains the original bevelled mirror plate and the original pierced brass candle socket. The candle arm is of later date.

Only a small number of japanned girandoles are known to exist. Blue japanned girandoles are rarer still.

Date: 1720
Period: 1600-1750, 18th century
Origin: England
Medium: Blue japanned
Dimensions: 70 x 27.5 x 23 cm (27¹/₂ x 10⁷/₈ x 9 inches)
Literature: Wallace Nutting, Furniture Treasury, Mostly of American Origin, vol. II, 1948, illus. 2789.
F. Lewis Hinckley, Queen Anne and Georgian Looking Glasses, Old English and Early American, 1987, p. 39, pl. 13.

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