Pair of George II Style Giltwood Mirrors
A pair of George II style giltwood mirrors or pier glasses, the oval plates contained within scroll cartouches with rocaille carving surrounded by foliate C and S scrolls supporting rose-topped brackets and with trailing roses to the sided; all below acanthus leaf clasps. Based on mid 18thC designs, these mirrors date to the 1830s when the designs of Chippendale and his contemporaries were re-published, thus reviving the style
These ‘picturesque’ Roman-medallion pier-glasses with airy golden frames, whose rustic arched pediments formed of C scrolls are crowned with acanthus-leaf clasps evoking Arcadian festivities.
A related ‘Oval Glass Frame’ pattern, was published in W. Ince and J. Mayhew’s, Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762 (pls. 78 and 79). These patterns also relate to those previously issued by Thomas Johnson (1723-99), the Rococo carver and designer who in 1758 published his Designs for Picture-frames, Candelabra, Chimney pieces, etc.
