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One of the mirrors in the H. J. Joel collection.
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD AND COMPOSITION MIRRORS, English, circa 1780
Height: 5 ft 7 in; 170.5 cm
Width: 3 ft 4 ¾ in; 103 cm
Width: 3 ft 4 ¾ in; 103 cm
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Note: The mirrors retain their original centre plates. One mirror has replacement 18th century border glasses. Both mirror frames have been re-gilded in the past, but still retain some of...
Note: The mirrors retain their original centre plates. One mirror has replacement 18th century border glasses. Both mirror frames have been re-gilded in the past, but still retain some of the original gilding.
Provenance
One mirror:
Frank Partridge & Sons Ltd., London, England.
Private collection, Surrey, England.
The other mirror:
Collection of H. J. Joel, London, England, until 1980.
Private collection, France.
Private collection, England.
Literature
Herbert F. Schiffer, The Mirror Book: English, American & European, 1983, p. 183, fig. 473.
Illustrated:
Christie’s, ‘The H. J. Joel Collection’, sale catalogue, London, 17 April 1980, lot 55.
Ronald Phillips Ltd., ‘Fine Antique English Furniture’, catalogue, 2016, pp. 172 - 3.
Ronald Phillips Ltd., ‘Fine Antique English Furniture’, catalogue, 2017, p. 45.
