A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILTWOOD GIRANDOLES ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM FRANCE, English, circa 1770
Height: 32¼ in; 82 cm
Width: 18¾ in; 47.5 cm
Depth: 8 in; 20.5 cm
Width: 18¾ in; 47.5 cm
Depth: 8 in; 20.5 cm
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£100,000 +
Further images
Note: The girandoles have been re-gilded, and the mirror plates are period mercury silvered replacements. The design of this pair compares to girandoles supplied by William France to Sir Lawrence...
Note: The girandoles have been re-gilded, and the mirror plates are period mercury silvered replacements.
The design of this pair compares to girandoles supplied by William France to Sir Lawrence Dundas, now at Aske Hall in Yorkshire.
Provenance
Private collection, Texas, USA.
Literature
Illustrated:
Graham Child, World Mirrors 1650–1900, 1990, p. 138, illus. 218.
