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One of a pair of carved gilt gesso mirror sconces, designed in the Louis XIV 'antique' manner of Daniel Marot, architect to King William III. They have ribbon-tied oval wreath medallion frames enriched with Roman foliage, garlands and cornucopiae of fruit and flowers, and incorporate shelves for candlesticks and porcelain.

PROVENANCE Ralph, Earl of Montagu, Montagu House, Bloomsbury