Verre Eglomisé Border Glass Mirror

This pattern of tripartite overmantel mirror is inspired by the Nouveaux Livre de Cheminees a la Holondaise, 1712 issued by Daniel Marot (d.1752) ‘architect’ to William III. A mirror, similarly framed in coloured glass, is now displayed in the King’s Bedroom at Hampton Court Palace. The present mirror’s verre eglomisé border relates to that of a pair of mirrors at Chatsworth, Derbyshire that have been attributed to John Gumley, who was a freeman of the Company of Looking Glass Sellers (A. Bowett, English Furniture, Woodbridge, 2002, pls. P:50, 9:49 and 9:55).
It may conceivably have been made by the firm Lenygon & Morant, who were established in Old Burlington Street in 1915 and specialised in furniture in the early 18th century style.

A comparable mirror was sold from the collection of Doris Duke at Christies New York, 5 Jun 2004 lot 715 (illustrated)