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George II Rococo Mirror With Three Phoenix Birds

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  • A Fine George II Carved Giltwood Mirror with Phoenix Crest
    Located in Dallas, TX
    a fine George II carved giltwood mirror with phoenix crest, probably Irish, Ireland, mid-18th century, circa 1750 MEASUREMENTS: 78" H x 40" W ...
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    Antique 18th Century Northern Irish George II Wall Mirrors

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  • George II Rococo Giltwood Two-Plate Mirror
    Located in Greenwich, CT
    A very Fine George II giltwood Rococo mirror, the three leaf acanthus carved finial over scroll carved crest with foliate details framing shaped plate, over scrolled and vine carved ...
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    Antique 1750s English George II Wall Mirrors

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    Giltwood

  • Pair of George II Style English Giltwood ‘Rococo’ Wall Mirrors
    By Thomas Johnson, London 1
    Located in Brighton, West Sussex
    A Magnificent Pair of George II Style English Carved Giltwood ‘Rococo’ Wall Mirrors After A Design By Thomas Johnson. Of large proportions, each mirror having a cartouche-shaped plate within a profusely carved and pierced branch-entwined frame with stylised acanthus foliate rocaille and ‘C’-scroll decoration, architectural motifs and running dogs, surmounted by an asymmetrical pagoda form cresting with rockwork spires and a seated rustic couple holding a basket, flanked by confronted Ho-Ho birds, with a conforming asymmetrical apron of acanthus and waterwork icicles centred by a perching bird. This magnificent and ornate pair of English wall mirrors or ‘pier glasses’ are refined and reduced from a design by Thomas Johnson (1723–1799) first published in 1756 and included in his ‘Collections of Designs’ (1758), plate 4, and republished in his ‘One Hundred and Fifty New Designs" (1761) as plate 22. Pier Glasses were designed to be placed on the wall or 'pier' between windows; as well as forming part of a decorative scheme they provided an important functional use, creating a reversal of dynamic with the windows at night, reflecting and maximising the light given off by candles or oil lamps. Johnson’s asymmetrical design creates a sense of fluidity and lightness to the mirrors, employing ‘contraste’ in the placing or absence of elements, to create a stylised form, which through the dynamic tension of its constituent parts instils the mirrors with a sense of playfulness and vitality. In London throughout the 1740s and 1750s there developed a great enthusiasm for the whimsical Rococo style, and it rapidly became the height of fashion, popularised, and disseminated throughout the country and further afield by cabinetmakers’ 'Books of Prices', and 'Directories'. The second half of the 19th century saw a revival of the Rococo style in England and many designers and furniture makers turned once again to Chippendale’s ‘Director’ and designs by Matthias Lock and Thomas Johnson for inspiration, with fine examples based on modified designs or specific plates. Thomas Johnson’s designs, executed in a vigourous picturesque manner, are often inspired by the work of earlier French designers, transposing motifs taken from engraved ornament by Jean Bérain, Daniel Marot, William de la Cour, J. B. Toro and Francis Barlow...
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    Antique 19th Century English Rococo Wall Mirrors

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  • Good Quality English George II Rococo Gilt-Wood Oval Foliate-Carved Mirror
    Located in San Francisco, CA
    The well-carved and beautifully gilded oval mirror depicting lively acanthus leaves adorned with protruding flower heads.
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    Antique 18th Century English Rococo Wall Mirrors

  • 18th Century George III Rococo Wall Mirror
    Located in London, GB
    A fine George III English Rococo period giltwood wall mirror, the frame carved with scrolling foliage and c scrolls. Small but perfectly formed! English, c.1780 Provenance: the property of connoisseur Michael Godfrey.
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    Antique Early 18th Century English Rococo Wall Mirrors

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    Giltwood

  • An English George II Style Cartouche-shaped Giltwood Mirror with Ho Ho Birds
    Located in San Francisco, CA
    the cartouche mirror plate within a conforming giltwood frame with floral crest above an openwork frame of acanthus and rocaille carving all flanked by the mythical Ho Ho bird with o...
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    Antique Early 1900s British George II Wall Mirrors

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