A GEORGE III OVERMANTEL MIRROR, English, circa 1765
Height: 3 ft ¼ in; 92 cm
Width: 5 ft 2½ in; 159 cm
Width: 5 ft 2½ in; 159 cm
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£50,000 - £100,000
Note: Attributed to Thomas Johnson, the giltwood frame has been re-gilded and the mirror plates are 19th century replacements. The design of this mirror is very unusual and eccentric, characteristic...
Note: Attributed to Thomas Johnson, the giltwood frame has been re-gilded and the mirror plates are 19th century replacements.
The design of this mirror is very unusual and eccentric, characteristic of many of Thomas Johnson’s designs.
A virtually identical overmantel frame, with only minor differences, was retailed by Mallett & Son and is from the same workshop.
Provenance
Private collection, England.Literature
Thomas Johnson, A Collection of Designs, 1758, pls 90 & 92.
Geoffrey Wills, English Looking-glasses: A Study of the Glass, Frames and Makers (1670-1820), 1965, p. 117, fig. 132.
