Details
The shaped rectangular frame with foliate cresting centred by a mask and pierced acanthus spray, the sides carved with sweeping foliate fronds and flowers, the apron carved with pierced rocaille motif
70 in. (177.5 cm.) high; 47 in. (119.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1992, lot 81.
Hyde Park Antiques, New York, 1993.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 18 October 2023, lot 504.
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Lot Essay

This elaborate pier-glass is designed in the George II 'picturesque' fashion, with reeds and scrolling foliage headed by a naturalistically carved Pan mask, the Arcadian satyr-deity. The form draws heavily on designs by specialist carver and pattern-book author Matthias Lock (d.1765) whose Six Sconces, 1744, was hugely influential. During the 1740s, he was described as 'the famous Matthias Lock, the most excellent wood carver', and reputed to be the 'the best Ornament draughts-man in Europe'.

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