George III Irish Carved Pine Mirror, Attributed to Francis & John Booker, c.1775

A George II Carved Giltwood Pier Mirror of Palladian Form with profuse egg and dart and dentil moulded broken arch pediment centred by a shell, above a leaf scroll frieze with rectan...

A Superb George II Carved Kentian Pier Mirror Carefully dry stripped to reveal the original stone white painted finish. Headed by a scroll pediment ce...

A George II Carved Giltwood Palladian Pier Mirror with broken pediment and acanthus topped and foliate carved scrolled cartouche, the frieze with splayed and overlapping palm leaf ce...

The architectural frame flanked by Corinthian columns with shaped base carved with swags framed by brackets, the cresting with triangular pediment centered by a lion mask issuing swa...

An exceptional Antique mirror having a fine contrasting Mahogany and Gilt wood frame with carved accents. The mirror is topped with an extravagant carved Floral crest and features a ...

French Louis XVI period finely wooden carved painted trumeau mirror.

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...

An English Georgian period carved pine mantel mirror from the late 18th century, with carved swags. This horizontal George III mirror features a carved cornice overhanging an egg-and...