19th Century Chinese Export Lacquer Mirror

19th Century Chinese Export Lacquer MirrorA rare and decorative Chinese export dressing mirror in black lacquer, exquisitely gilt decorated with its original mercury plate, reverse painted with exotic birds. It retains its original handles and the trade label of Town and Emanuel, who retailed it in the 1830s. Qing dynasty, early 19th century. Why we like it: This is a rare and beautiful piece, featuring a reverse painted mirror plate. Such luxurious items were popular in England during the

Year of Wuxu

Beautifully cast after the original at the Naples Archeological Museum

3 December 2021

in solid dense mahogany

000 years and the common ancestry of apes and humans

One chair is inscribed 'Johnson' in chalk to the underside of the seat

adapted to a more austere Gothick style

musée national du château de Versailles 15 octobre 2001 - 7 janvier 2002

to Lord Hervey

possibly for the institutional use (in a library

mounted on reconstituted marble

An exceptional pair of Regency period chairs