A PAIR OF CARVED GILTWOOD AND GESSO WALL MIRRORSIN GEORGE III STYLE, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY each 130cm high, 63cm wideProvenance: The collection of Standish Robert Vereker, 7th Viscount Gort (1888- 1975) at Hamsterley Hall, Co. DurhamInherited by The Hon. Catherine Mary 'Kate' Wass, OBE (1942-2021) upon the death of her great-uncle, the 7th Viscount Gort, in 1975This pair of giltwood mirrors with distinctive palm fronds is in the 18th century style promoted by John Vardy (1718-65) whose magnificent Palm Room and furnishings en suite at Spencer House, London, serve as the culmination of the craftsman's oeuvre. A design for a pier glass, entwined with palm leaves, for a pair of pier glasses for Charles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton (1718-65) at Hackwood Park, Hampshire, is discussed in A. Coleridge, 'John Vardy and the Hackwood Suite', The Connoisseur, January 1962, pp. 12-17. The presence of Ho-Ho birds, rocaille and columnar carving are further 18th century rococo motifs found in designs from the mid-1750s to early 1760s by Matthias Lock (1710-65), Thomas Johnson (1714-after 1778) and Thomas Chippendale (1718-79) (see P. Ward-Jackson, English Furniture Designs of the Eighteenth Century, London, 1984, figs. 65; 52 for Lock examples).Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use, Various old wear to gilding. One plate a modern replacement, the other likely also but with simulated ageing/depletion throughout. Some old breaks and repairs to frames. Some old losses. Both lacking rear panels. Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition.