JF CHEN Pier Mirrors and Console

Selection of Chinoiserie Mirrors, American, circa 1960s. They are priced at $1800 each. From left to right, as seen in the first photo, they are: 1) Black lacquer Chinoiserie mirror...

An Irish oval mirror with moulded parcel-gilded and ebonized frame, applied with mirrored glass facets. The mirror is available in a bespoke size i...

A fine naturalistically carved oval mirror with bird, branch and stylized animal decoration in the manner of Thomas Johnson. An exceptionally fin...

A pair of rectangular carved giltwood Gothic design pier mirrors inspired by the style and decoration of The Long Gallery at Strawberry Hill. We are c...

This English hanging wall mirror is from the mid 18th Century, George 11nd period circa 1750. It has a softwood frame construction, probably pine with hardwood figured walnut veneer...

19th Century Italian Pier Mirror, Italy, circa 19th Century. Retains wonderful original patina to the parcel gilt and painted wood frame. Mirror ha...

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...

A design attributed to John Linnell. Each arched divided plate within shaped outer slips entwined with foliate branches and leaf scrolls. Each mirror is s...

Very elegant Louis Philippe gilt wall mirror, having original glass with some foxing in beaded and carved gilded frame with floral crest to the centre. This antique mirror retains it...

An oval carved giltwood looking glass mirror in the manner of George III. The moulded frame is carved with leaves carefully worked with C-scrolls both in front and behind the leaves....

This oval carved and giltwood frame mirror, in the George III style of the late 18th century, is enriched by the acanthus leaf cresting supporting a tapered and fluted bracket, heade...

Louis XVI style gilt wood wall or console mirror A sleek French oval gilt wood wall mirror having a clean center mirror panel framed in a g...