A Superb Pair of George I Giltwood Pier Mirrors, formerly in the collection of Walter P. Chrysler

The giltwood frame with a soft lustre, each having scroll arched pediment, centred by a pronounced shell with acanthus decoration above the original bevelled plates within a foliate scroll punched strapwork ground. The shaped apron centred by a further acanthus leaf flanked by conforming leaf decoration. English, Circa 1725

Provenance;
A set of four mirrors with Frank Partridge New York in 1953 (advertised in The Magazine Antiques, October 1953 as ‘four superb Queen Anne gilt gesso pier mirrors’)
Acquired by Walter P. Chrysler from Frank Partridge, the provenance confirmed in the Chrysler sale catalogue
Two of the mirrors sold ‘Magnificent Queen Anne and Georgian Cabinetwork….from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler’ Part One, Parke-Bernet New York, 29th and 30th of April 1960, lots 254 and 254a
Later acquired by Jerome C. Neuhoff
Sold Sotheby’s New York The Collection of Jerome C. Neuhoff, 25th of January 1986, lot 143
The collection of Sir Joseph Hotung

Literature
One of the mirrors pictured in F. Lewis Hinckley’s Queen Anne and Georgian Looking Glasses, 1987, plate 56

Height: 175cm, 69″
Width: 81cm, 32″