18th Century Period Gilt Carved Wood Chippendale Mirror After Thomas Johnson

A fine and most attractive antique Chippendale period carved wood and gilt oval mirror, topped with an elaborate Rococo cartouche cresting consisting of acanthus leaves and C-scrolls...

A very stylish 18th century Chippendale carved giltwood wall mirror, having scrolling foliate decoration.

English Chippendale Rococo mirror with carved wood gilded frame. The gilded wood frame is of the finest carving with an acanthus leaf cartou...

A Georgian Chippendale period gilt-wood mirror, the original rectangular mirror plate with rounded corners within an openwork carved gilt-wood frame comprising rocailles, pendant flo...

ntroducing our iconic 18th Century Chippendale Style Wall Mirror, a true masterpiece that embodies the essence of timeless elegance and craftsmanship. Measuring an impressive 20.75" ...

A beautifully proportioned carved 18th century period giltwood Chippendale wall mirror with acanthus leaf top, supported on 'C' shaped scrolls and trailing foliage surmounted on cri...

A Fine 18th Century Georgian Carved Giltwood Wall Mirror. Mirror features figural eagle with outstretched wings that is a prominent symbol of power, majesty, and freedom, and a favor...

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 fine diminutive 18th century American Chippendale mirror with cut-out scroll work crests and ears in mahogany retaining original dry surf...

18th century wonderful Chippendale wall mirror made from burl walnut. The frame is spectacularly hand carved in ornate patterns with trailing florals down the sides of the mirror fr...