Rococo Looking Glass after Thomas Johnson chest-on-chest English circa 1730

English circa 1730

Berkshire--III

the show wood rails fluted with interspersed roundels on turned fluted and tapered legs

The stretchers on the tables have been retained to maintain the history of the tables which are for their extraordinary condition and richness almost unique among pairs of console tables

Gilding is dry stripped and refreshed—repairs to some carving and front of pagoda

Rococo Looking Glass after Thomas Johnson chest-on-chest English circa 1730A fine small carved and gilded rococo mirror c. 1750 in the manner of Thomas Johnson crested with a ewer supported by elongated s scrolls above the figure of a man who likely held a spear, the background having carved Gothic arches, one side holding a finial over double columns resting on rocaille, the other side with a spray of flowers supporting an elongated s scroll. The bottom of the frame comprised of two c scrolls, with further scrolls