A GEORGE III GILTWOOD MIRROR, English, circa 1770
Height: 7 ft 10 in; 239 cm
Width: 3 ft 5 ¼ in; 105 cm
Width: 3 ft 5 ¼ in; 105 cm
4405541
£100,000 +
Note: Attributed to John Linnell, the mirror retains much of the original gilding and some of the original mirror plates with some 18th century replacements. The shell cresting is of...
Note: Attributed to John Linnell, the mirror retains much of the original gilding and some of the original mirror plates with some 18th century replacements. The shell cresting is of later date.
Literature
Helena Hayward and Pat Kirkham, William and John Linnell, 18th Century London Furniture Makers, vol. II, 1980, p. 94, illus. 180.
Illustrated:
Ronald Phillips Ltd., ‘Mirrors’, catalogue, 2010, pp. 192-3.
Ronald Phillips Ltd., ‘Antique English Furniture’, catalogue, 2011, pp. 268-9.
