Pair of Small Chippendale Oval Mirrors in the manner of Thomas Chippendale

This rectangular giltwood looking glass mirror is carved in a light and open Rococo style frame. The mirror plate is set within vigorously drawn C-scrolls, acanthus leaves, flowers a...

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....

A George II style giltwood and carved rectangular gesso looking glass mirror in the manner of the 1730s. The mirror plate sits within a moulded frame with outset corners carved with ...

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

A traditional Chippendale mirror of a George III design. These carved giltwood oval mirrors have a molded frame carved with cabuchon and intertwined C-scrolls and acanthus leaf spray. It is available as standard in two sizes; large and small - listed below. hand carved mahogany frames with water gilded 23-carat gold leaf, standard with an antiqued glass pane...

With an elaborately caved gold leaf framed with free scrolling lappet branches in the rococo style, the base with inverted cabriole legs and a central shell and leaf cartouche, the p...

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...

Rare pair of 19th century pier giltwood mirrors in the rococo manner. An exceptional pair of pier mirrors, the shaped mirror plate is set within a...