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He designed this pier glass in about 1740 and signed the drawing with his initials 'J. S' at bottom left.\r\n\r\nOn this design, each corner of the frame is overlaid with a rosette, and at the base is a foliate pendent finial. At the top centre of the frame, under the triangular pediment, is a mask. The design of the right side and bottom of the frame is unfinished to show that the frame could also be plain. Showing alternatives on one design is an economical tool of the professional designer who was emerging at this period of the eighteenth century.\r\n\r\nThis group of ten designs for pier glasses was formerly contained in a bound album of drawings, by different designers, assembled by Charles John Shoppee (1823-1898), the architect, between 1850 and 1880. It has since been disbound and the drawings sold.\r\n\r\nJoseph Sanderson and his cousin, John Sanderson (d. 1774) were partners in building, and there is a possible connection between the designs and Barrington Hall, Essex where they worked. The Shoppee album contained elevations for Barrington Hall by Joseph Sanderson. The house was built for J. S. Barrington about 1740 and subsequently abandoned. Much of the furniture ended up with an unrelated family at Bradfield Hall, Berkshire. Amongst the furniture sold from Bradfield was a pair of giltwood pier glasses, now at the Treasurer's House, York. The pair of pier glasses is somewhat comparable to the designs.","physicalDescription":"This drawing is from a group of ten designs for pedimented pier glasses by Joseph Sanderson in about 1740. Each design, signed with the designer's initials 'J. S.' at bottom left, shows a pier glass consisting of a tall, rectangular mirror, an ornate frame, surmounted by a pediment.\r\n\r\nOn this design, each corner of the frame is overlaid with a rosette, and at the base is a foliate pendent finial. At the top centre of the frame, under the triangular pediment, is a mask. The design of the right side and bottom of the frame is unfinished to show that the frame could also be plain. 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The Shoppee album contained elevations for Barrington Hall by Joseph Sanderson. The house was built for J. S. Barrington about 1740 and subsequently abandoned. Much of the furniture ended up with an unrelated family at Bradfield Hall, Berkshire. Amongst the furniture sold from Bradfield was a pair of giltwood pier glasses, now at the Treasurer's House, York. The pair of pier glasses is somewhat comparable to the designs. Linked as the designs arguably are to an existing building and furniture, they are of particular interest.\n\nHistorical significance: The rarity of designs for furniture before 1750 makes these drawings a significant addition to the holdings of designs for furniture in the V&A's collection.","historicalContext":"This particular architectural style of mirror, in the Palladian manner using columns and pediments was developed after around 1725.","briefDescription":"Design for pedimented pier glass by Joseph Sanderson about 1740","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Harris, John. 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