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An English Hepplewhite or Adam Giltwood Mirror, 1780
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Pre 1800 item# 1086586 (stock# CA.HJ.6.11.1)
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Chicora Antiques, Inc.
1-803-834-3787
$32,500.
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This mirror typifies the work of the leading British Neo-Classical Architect and Designer, Robert Adam (1728-1792), who was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland and later moved to Edinburgh, where he trained under his father, who was an architect there. After traveling to France and Italy for his "Grand Tour" in 1754-1758, where he met and studied the works of Charles-Louis Clerisseau and Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Robert Adam returned to Great Britain and together with his brother, Jame ...click for details
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An English Regency Giltwood Pier Mirror with Label
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Pre 1800 item# 1015563 (stock# CA.4.112.11)
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1-803-834-3787
SOLD TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF “THE WICKHAM HOUSE”, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, WHICH WAS BUILT BY JOHN WICKHAM AND DESIGNED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS ARCHITECT, ALEXANDER PARRIS. THE HOUSE IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF FEDERAL ARCHITECTURE IN THE UNITED STATES.
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An exceptional English George III Pier Mirror with a red eglomise panel of gilt roses and cornice with spherules above a rectangular mirror plate flanked by ribboned columns. Original gilding with the rare manufacturer's paper label which reads:
"M. Gould & Sons, No. 78 Grace Church Street LONDON manufactures of Looking & Plate Glasses ALSO Concave and Convex Mirrors"
Shown in estate found condition and retains its original gilding and both mirror plates.
Circa 180 ...click for details
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