Mirror
style of Thomas Chippendale (Otley 1718 - London 1779)
Category
Mirrors
Date
1760
Materials
Water gilded softwood and silvered glass
Measurements
1680 x 1040 x 190 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 871295
Summary
Mid-18th century Chippendale style giltwood looking glass, carved in the rococo manner, with acanthus floral festoon and rocaille motifs, containing a Vauxhall mirror plate. The gilding heightened in places by burnishing.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Estate Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley and transferred to NT in 1957.
Makers and roles
style of Thomas Chippendale (Otley 1718 - London 1779) , cabinetmaker