A. W. N. Pugin. An Important Dressing Table Mirror with Carved Spiral Stretcher
£8,000 £5,500
A. W. Pugin, attributed maker for John Webb of Bond Street, crafted an important Gothic Revival dressing table mirror with a carved spiral stretcher and carved roses. Made from pale walnut, it features the original mercury mirror glass plate. The carved roses and the spiral stretcher of this dressing table mirror are identical to the middle stretcher Pugin used on the 16 chairs he designed for the Princess Chamber, the Royal Gallery, and the Robing room in the Palace Of Westminster (POW), completed by 1847 for a visit by Queen Victoria.
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852) was an English designer, author, theorist, and leading figure in the English Roman Catholic and Gothic Revival periods. He was the first to employ honest construction throughout all cabinet making and predicted the Arts and Crafts Movement. Pugin has been called the foremost British architect of the 19th century.
Width: 25.59 in (65 cm)
Depth: 11.81 in (30 cm)
