ONE CIRCA 1760-70, THE OTHER OF SLIGHTLY LATER DATE, IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM AND JOHN LINNELL

This wreathed pier glass, of Roman medallion form, is conceived in the George II picturesque or 'Modern' style and relates to a flower-entwined pier glass at Uppark, West Sussex. Such mirrors are derived from a design for a pier glass which featured in a design of circa 1760 for a side of a room by John Linnell illustrated in H. Hayward & P. Kirkham, William and John Linnell, vol. II, London, 1980, p. 115, fig. 220. A closely related white-painted pier mirror was supplied to Brownlow, 9th Earl of Exeter for Burghley House, Lincolnshire; although no specific bill remains, Exeter is known to have employed Linnell during the 1760s.