Walnut and parcel gilt, dry stripped mirror lignumvitae 75" Dry stripped with traces

75" Dry stripped with traces of original gilding

the front legs turned and reeded with collars above carved acanthus leaves at the foot

However it is a set of four chairs from Somerville House

seen by many in the English nobility

Walnut and parcel gilt, dry stripped mirror lignumvitae 75" Dry stripped with tracesAn English walnut and parcel gilt mirror of unusual design with superb color, the gilding dry stripped, with original mirror plate dating circa 1730 having a cartouche bracketed by a broken swan necked pediment, swags off the sides with egg and dart molding on the outer frame, the inner frame next to the glass with leaf carving. Ht. 56 1 2", Width 30 1 2", Depth 3" Ex. Coll. Philadelphia Museum of Art