Lot 6: A PAIR OF LATE VICTORIAN GILTWOOD TWO-LIGHT CONVEX GIRANDOLE MIRRORS

Late 19th century Each circular convex plate within a reeded ebonized slip and molded frame set with balls, the scrolling acanthus crest centered by an eagle, above two scrolling arms and a pierced acanthus apron, wired for electricity, the backs replaced 44in. (112cm.) high, 241/2in. (62cm.) wide (2) PROVENANCE Almost certainly part of a commission supplied by Stanford White in 1898-1906 for Samuel Breese for 'The Orchard', Southampton, New York. Acquired with the house by Charles E. Merrill in 1926. Thence by descent. NOTES These wall lights reviving eighteenth century neoclassical decoration were almost certainly supplied along with the painted satinwood furniture (lots 34, 37-39) by Stanford White to James L. Breese for 'The Orchard' Southampton. See footnote to lot 34 regarding this commission.