Architectural Mirror in the manner of George II

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...

These small carved giltwood oval mirrors of Chippendale design illustrate the English Rococo period of the middle years of the 18th century. These small oval looking glasses are in ...

A George I style carved giltwood and gesso looking glass mirror. The rectangular mirror plate is in a leaf and shell carved moulded frame beneath a shaped cresting centered by a pier...

A small carved giltwood looking glass mirror in a swirling Rococo style frame incorporating many of the mid-18th century designers repertoire of vigorous leaf carved scrolls, leaves ...

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

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...

A superb Irish George II white painted mirror. The carved architectural top with a central scallop shell, above a panel of panel swagged ribbons a...