George I Carved and Gilt Mirror in the Manner of Belchier Irish console a French chair at Chateau

a French chair at Chateau Ecouen dating from the 1500’s

Original gesso and clay with a period but not original plate

Denbighshire'

Lot 59 in Samuel Messer sale

similar to the exterior side molding and was likely formed by the rolling process and not extruded meaning the brass was cut to length and then shaped into a circle

George I Carved and Gilt Mirror in the Manner of Belchier Irish console a French chair at ChateauA rare carved gesso and gilt looking glass with original beveled plate, the top with carved ostrich feathers over a projecting tasseled tambrequin between a broken scroll pediment, the mirror carved with strapwork with projecting scrolls with scrolled flourishes throughout. English in the manner of John Belchier, circa 1720. Ht. 55", W. 28. 5", D. 5. 5" The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a Belchier looking glass with similar scrolls that border the