THE ROKEBY MIRROR, English, circa 1755
Height: 7 ft 3 in; 221 cm
Width: 4 ft 10 in; 147.5 cm
Width: 4 ft 10 in; 147.5 cm
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A George II giltwood borderglass mirror, retaining the original 18th century mirror plates. Neither a designer nor a drawing for this unusual mirror has so far come to light. The...
A George II giltwood borderglass mirror, retaining the original 18th century mirror plates.
Neither a designer nor a drawing for this unusual mirror has so far come to light. The quality of the carved elements suggests an experienced and perhaps metropolitan workshop. There are similarities to work by Matthias Lock and by John Vardy, both of whom worked around this time.
