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A REGENCY GILTWOOD LARGE CIRCULAR CONVEX MIRROR
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A REGENCY GILTWOOD LARGE CIRCULAR CONVEX MIRROR

BY BENJAMIN CHARPENTIER, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY GILTWOOD LARGE CIRCULAR CONVEX MIRROR
BY BENJAMIN CHARPENTIER, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The circular plate in an ebonised reeded slip and ropetwist border and dished frame with balls, surmounted by an arched cresting with paterae and centred by a lion's head surmounted by a patera, the apron centred by wings enclosing a reeded ball encircled by a snake, regilt, the apron possibly added, the backboard with paper label printed 'CHARPENTIER PICTURE FRAME MAKER &C. NO. 11 TITCHFIELD STREET CAVENDISH SQUARE'
56½ x 40 in. (143.5 x 101.5 cm.)
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Benjamin Charpentier is recorded as a carver, gilder and picture frame maker at various London addresses from 1775-1825. After 1808 he is recorded at 11 Great Titchfield Street (G. Beard & C. Gilbert, eds., Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Leeds, 1986, p. 160.