{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O79036"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O79036/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006AM0999/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006AM0999/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2006AM0999","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2006AM0998","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2017KB2153","copyright":"©Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O79036/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O79036","accessionNumber":"W.47-1928","objectType":"Mirror","titles":[],"summaryDescription":"<b>Object Type</b><br>The mirror combines both Palladian and Rococo features. The former include the swan-necked pediment, the composite capitals (in which Ionic volutes are combined with the features of a Corinthian capital), the Vitruvian scroll frieze (with repeated volutes) at the base and a Venus mask set in a shell at the apron. These architectural features are inspired by the work of the British  architect James Gibbs  (1682-1754). The lively Rococo detail includes the asymmetrical, eagle-mounted lion cartouche at the top and the shell-like foliage brackets beneath the columns.<br><br><b>People</b><br>Francis and John Booker succeeded to the family business when their father John died in 1749. The elder John Booker  was working as a 'Looking Glass merchant' when he married early in 1711 or 1712. In 1728 he was described as a 'glass-grinder'.  The brothers are listed in the Dublin trade directories from 1761 until 1772.<br><br><b>Ownership & Use</b><br>The fleurs-de-lis in the foliage in the upper frieze (in the upper corners) may provide a clue to the original owners of the mirror. This heraldic flower features in the crest of Edward Clifford of Castle Annesley, Co. Wexford.","physicalDescription":"Mirror in a frame of carved and gilded wood. At the top is a 'broken' pediment with escutcheon composed of a piereced double shell, an eagle displayed and a lion's head and paws. The pediment finishes in whorls composed of rosettes and acanthus: it has pendants of fruit on the edges.  The frieze is carved with a basket containing flowers and fruit, which are prolonged throughout its length. It is supported on two fluted columns with Corinthian capitals and at the edges are pendants of fruit and flowers. The mirror plate is framed in mouldings mitred at the angles and carved with egg and tongue and gadroons. The columns rest on a wide moulding, carved with a wave pattern. Below are two acanthus consoles and a large pendant having a female mask back by a shell in the centre. ","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Booker, Francis","id":"A8162"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":"almost certainly"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"wood","id":"AAT11914"},{"text":"mirror glass","id":"x32916"},{"text":"gilt","id":"x30367"}],"techniques":[{"text":"carving","id":"AAT53149"},{"text":"gilding","id":"AAT53789"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Carved and gilded wood","categories":[{"text":"Furniture","id":"THES48948"},{"text":"Mirrors","id":"THES277510"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2006AM0999","2006AM0998","2017KB2153"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"54D (VA)","id":"THES49246"},"free":"","case":"WN","shelf":"","box":"30"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Mirror","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Dublin (City)","id":"x28811"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"almost certainly"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1750-1760","earliest":"1750-01-01","latest":"1760-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by the British Antique Dealers' Association, through The Art Fund","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"236","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"125","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"74 kg\nDimensions checked: Registered Description; 01/01/1998 by KN\n\nWeight on backboard 94kg, minus backboard =74kg.","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Almost certainly made in the workshops of Francis (died in  Dublin, 1773) and John  (died in Dublin, 1789) Booker, Essex Bridge, Dublin","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Mirror, carved and gilded wood, palladian, Irish, 1725-1730","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nThe influence of Palladianism spread rapidly to countries under British rule. In Ireland the style was keenly developed over a long period. This mirror was almost certainly made in the workshops of Francis and John Booker in Dublin, whose label is found on several similar mirrors. They specialised as mirror merchants, importing glass from Normandy, France.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["W.47-1928"],"accessionNumberNum":"47","accessionNumberPrefix":"W","accessionYear":1928,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"RF number","id":"THES57673"},"number":"1928/5316"}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LN1768","2019LN2229","2019LP4512","2019LP0533","2019LU9917"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-25","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}