18th C. George III Chippendale Carved Giltwood Rococo Chippendale Mirror

A fine and rare early 18th century George I Gilt Gesso pier or console mirror, circa 1720-1730 The period bevelled mirror plate sits within an upright lobed moulded gilt frame flanked by cascading carved foliage below a broken swan neck pediment, surmounted with a foliate carved armorial...

A fine and rare early 18th century George I Gilt Gesso pier or console mirror. In the manner of John Belchier The shaped bevelled mirror plate sit...

The acanthus egg and dart-carved swan neck pediment is surmounted with a carved armorial cartouche flanked by opposing C scrolls on an egg and dart plinth, leading down to the acanth...

A simply superb pair of carved George III mahogany chairs, C.1770.   

A fine George III mahogany linen press in outstanding original condition. The press was obviously made to exceed with the cabinetmaker using only the very finest materials in an extr...

A beautiful George III kettle stand from the middle of the 18th century. The solid mahogany one-piece dished top sits above a solid baluster column with carved gadrooned balusters...

English Chippendale Rococo mirror with carved wood gilded frame. The gilded wood frame is of the finest carving with an acanthus leaf cartouche and cabochonon, intertwined with ‘C’ s...

An Italian, Piedmontian, carved and gilt looking glass with hippocampus, bellflowers, reeds, capitals and flaming torches.

A good pair of looking glasses In the manner of Thomas Chippendale The oval mercury glass plates housed within ornate rococo carved and pierce...

This 18th century Baroque giltwood Italian mirror has a theatrical face on the crest with swags flowing to the cornucopia corners. The bold frame has scrolls that are classically car...

Italian silver gilt mirror retaining its original Mecca silver gilding and original mirror plate which is remarkably aged over time. Please see photo of interior showing the drama of...

A George III Giltwood Pier Mirror In the Manner of Thomas Johnson An exceptionally detailed design; the superb carved decoration housing a shaped rectangular plate and undulating mirrored borders; the inner frame closely tied to the outer frame and leading the eye around the mirror. The grandiose masterful carving incorporating C-scrolls, flowering branchwork, stylized icicles, acanthus leaves, and distinctive architectural follies and figures which firmly place this mirror within the canon of Johnson's greatest designs. The confident execution is a great testament to the technical prowess and artistic creativity of one of the greatest carvers and designers of the eighteenth century, circa 1760. Provenance Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, Farmleigh, Co. Dublin, (1880?-1927); The Earls of Iveagh, Farmleigh, Co. Dublin & Elveden Hall, Suffolk (1927-2018). Thomas Johnson (1723-1799) Thomas Johnson was one of the most skilled carvers and furniture designers in Georgian England. Drawing inspiration from the Fables of Aesop, the rococo, China, and the idealised rustic life, his work is whimsical, exuberant and witty. Chippendale borrowed freely from his work. Johnson was a founder member of the 'Antigallican Society', a group who excoriated the French taste. In addition to its relation to Johnson's designs, this mirror also reflects the influence of Lock, the great master with whom he worked for a period. Lock published many sketches and pattern books, including A New Book of Ornaments for Looking Glasses in 1752, introducing several idiosyncratic features which Johnson would adopt such as the small decorative urns...