Thomas Chippendale at Harewood House. A celebration of the life and work of Thomas Chippendale - Master Furniture Maker. Presented by Harewood House Trust.

Pair of Looking Glasses
c.1778-9
The Earl & Countess of Harewood, & the Trustees of the Harewood House Trust

Chippendale supplied a large number of looking-glasses, pier glasses and girandoles for the house. They have subsequently been removed, dismantled, stored, hung elsewhere in the house or sold, making it extremely difficult to ascertain where specific pieces were originally intended.

It is thought that these two looking-glasses were made for the Gallery. The painted roundels are similar, if smaller in scale, to the ones found on the four pier glasses, known to have been made for this room. They also follow Robert Adam's painted decoration found on the ceiling.

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