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Lot 119TP
A large 19th century Rococo revival carved beech marginal pier mirror 1840-1870, possibly North European
5 July 2024, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,864 inc. premium
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A large 19th century Rococo revival carved beech marginal pier mirror
1840-1870, possibly North European
With a later central oval plate and shaped subsidiary plates, with channelled foliate C- and S-scroll, rocaille, shell, cabochon and acanthus carved frames and surrounds, surmounted by an asymmetrical foliate C-scroll and rocaille carved cresting, restored and with a strengthening backing evidently later applied to the reverse, approximately: 229cm high x 129.5cm wide.
With a later central oval plate and shaped subsidiary plates, with channelled foliate C- and S-scroll, rocaille, shell, cabochon and acanthus carved frames and surrounds, surmounted by an asymmetrical foliate C-scroll and rocaille carved cresting, restored and with a strengthening backing evidently later applied to the reverse, approximately: 229cm high x 129.5cm wide.
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Provenance
The present lot was purchased as 'An 18th century carved wood Chippendale mirror frame, circa 1765', from Richard Grose Ltd., 9 September 1960.
On this invoice from 1960 it states that the offered mirror was previously with 'Messrs. Rixson of Dunstable', who were evidently well known antique dealers themselves during that period.
It is also suggested in this paperwork that Messrs. Rixson claimed that this mirror was 'believed to recently have come from Blenheim Palace', although neither the veracity nor accuracy of this statement can be substantiated through any additional documentation.
A further letter addressed from Richard Grose Ltd shows that the mirror underwent some restoration work immediately prior to its delivery to the buyer.
Both documents are available to view online.
The offered lot shares a number of affinities with some German designs for mirrors dating to the period, 1745-c.1760. Indeed, a few loosely related mirror drawings, each with a similar asymmetrical cresting to the above example, appear illustrated in Kreisel/Himmelheber, Die Kunst des Deutschen Mobels, Spatbarock und Rokoko, 1983, Munich, fig.'s 537, 538, 744 and 745.