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A GEORGE II CARVED GILTWOOD LARGE MIRROR, CIRCA 1755
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2023年10月04日 开拍 / 2023年10月02日 截止委托
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A GEORGE II CARVED GILTWOOD LARGE MIRROR CIRCA 1755 The architectural pediment and frame carved with a pierced shell, foliate scrolls and a trellis ground, the bevelled plate re-silvered and possibly original, the 18th century gilding revealing a yellow and red bole ground 274cm high, 142cm wide, 20cm deep ? Provenance: Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners (1883-1950), Faringdon House, Oxfordshire; and by descent from Lord Berners's companion Robert Heber-Percy to Sofka Zinovieff (b. 1961), by whom sold; Christie's, London, 12 April 2018, lot 50, where described as George IV, with a subsequent saleroom notice analysing the two layers of gilding strata With Jamb, London, (who undertook the removal of the late 19th century gilding by dry-stripping to reveal the 18th century gilding), where purchased by Robert Kime, 2022. ? It is difficult to attribute the mirror to a particular carver / gilder, though it is likely that the maker was London-based, and probably well-established as the scale, complexity and quality suggests that it was probably part of a major commission for a large house from an established maker. The British and Irish Furniture Makers Online lists ten carvers and gilders active in London in the second quarter of the 18th century, any of whom may be candidates for the manufacture of this mirror: of the group, perhaps the most likely is William Walters or Waters (fl. 1732-42), who supplied giltwood furniture and mirrors for Benjamin Mildmay, Earl Fitzwalter at Moulsham Hall, Essex, for Charles Wyndham at Petworth House, and for the Earl of Leicester's London house; also to be considered is Henry Joris (fl. 1739), who worked with Paul Petit on the magnificent frame for Frederick the Great of Prussia; the other makers' reputations are less prominent, although Robert Johnson (fl. 1737-49) who was recorded at the Golden Head, Frith St, St Ann's, made frames for Petworth House; Charles Groves, fl. 1750, 'at the Golden Head, the further End of Brownlow Street from Drury Lane'; Robert Pulsford (fl. 1749), of Knightsbridge; Thomas King, carver and gilder of Long Acre (his stock-in-trade sold in October 1742); Christopher Mason, carver and gilder of Charles Court (fl. 1749); Stephen Maren, carver and gilder of New Compton St, Soho (fl. 1749); Christopher Hammond, frame maker and gilder of Phoenix Court, Long Acre (fl. 1732); Godwin Prince, who advertised 'all sorts of cabinet & Upholsterers work in General, Likewise Carving & Gilding ... near Durham Yard, in the Strand' (fl. c. 1749) (British Museum, Heal 28.181). The rectangular 'tabernacle' design of mirror frame is derived from designs of the 1720s by the architect James Gibbs (1682-1754). These depend on overmantel designs by Inigo Jones which were published in Isaac Ware's Some Designs of Mr Inigo Jones and others (1731) - notably pl.31. Ware's book was highly influential in the development of English architecture and interiors in the 18th century. It brought together a collection of designs by two of the most important architects of the 17th and 18th centuries: Inigo Jones and William Kent. Jones was a leading figure in the introduction of Italian Renaissance architecture to England, while Kent was a leading exponent of the Palladian style, as promoted by his patron, the influential Italophile Lord Burlington: many of the books' designs were taken from interior schemes devised by Kent at Burlington House. The designs in the book were widely copied and used by architects and builders throughout the country and disseminated the Palladian style in England and thus had a significant impact on the evolution of furniture design and interiors. They helped to popularise the use of classical motifs in furniture and interiors and to establish a new standard of elegance and refinement in English design. William Jones's The Gentleman's or Builder's Companion, 1739 is an example of how Ware's (or perhaps more accurately Jones's and Kent's) influence was felt. ? Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners (1883-1950), was a British composer, novelist, painter, and aesthete. From his uncle he inherited his title and Faringdon House, Faringdon, Oxfordshire where visitors included the literary, musical and artistic avant garde of the early 20th century including Salvador Dali, Igor Stravinsky, Daisy Fellowes, H.G. Wells, Cecil Beaton, John and Penelope Betjeman, Stephen Tennant, Nancy Mitford and others of the Bright Young Things set. Berners was a prolific composer and wrote over 100 works, including operas, ballets, orchestral pieces, and chamber music. His music was often experimental and eclectic, yet parodic, but also allowing melody to intervene. As a successful novelist he wrote several well-received works, including The Camel (1936), a biting satire on English society and The Girls of Radcliffe Hall (1937). As a painter his works were accurate and reflected Corot in his Italian period. Berners led a splendid and exciting life, which like so many was shattered by the impact of the Second World War. During his lifetime, Berners hosted lavish parties at Faringdon often appearing in flamboyant dress. 'The impression he gave was that of great sensibility, carefully guarded, and that his devastating wit in speaking and writing was a sort of sublimation of his boyish propensity to practical mischief' (The Times, obituary, 20 April 1950). He was notoriously eccentric, dyeing his fan-tailed pigeons in vibrant colours and thought of painting the cows purple. At Faringdon he built one of the last grand follies in Britain, declaring that 'the great point of the tower will be that it is entirely useless', and famously placing a notice at the foot of the tower: 'Members of the Public committing suicide from this tower do so entirely at their own risk' (Amory, Mark. "Wilson, Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-, fourteenth Baron Berners (1883-1950), composer and eccentric." Oxford Dictionary of Biography January 06, 2011, Oxford University Press, date of access 10 July 2023). He was portrayed by Nancy Mitford in The Pursuit of Love as Lord Merlin and was famously photographed by Cecil Beaton having afternoon tea at Faringdon House with Penelope Betjeman's horse. ? Gilding Analysis Analysis undertaken by Catherine Hassall for Jamb in April 2021 of the gesso and gilding showed that the original gilding on a chalk gesso ground, containing a few particles of charcoal black, was built up in the numerous thin layers typical of 18th century workshop methods. The gesso was coated with a thin layer of yellow based on ochre, and then the mirror was water-gilded over a dark brown clay containing the charcoal particles (i.e. associated with natural clay). The materials used are those one would expect to find on a later 18th century piece. Subsequent to Catherine Hassall's analysis, Jamb undertook the removal of the over layer of late 19th century gilding by dry stripping back to the 18th century gilding, resulting in the present surface . The original gold is worn, and in some areas only the clay remains. Literature: F. Lewis Hinckley, Queen Anne & Georgian Looking Glasses, London, 1990, p. 123, Plate 97, no. 124. A. Bowett, Early Georgian Furniture 1715-1740, Woodbridge, 2009.

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