ca.1769-ca.1797 (designed)
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| Place of origin |
This design came to the museum in an album of designs entitled Original Designs by Matts Lock, Carver 1740 - 1765. It includes a number of designs which should probably be associated with a later Matthias Lock, recorded at Clerkenwell Green in 1788-1797, who is probably his son. These include neo-classical mirror designs, and designs for foliate ornament. In 1769, a Matthias Lock published A New Book of Foliage for the Instruction of Young Artists and A New Book of Pier Frame's, Oval's, Gerandole's, Tables, &c, all in the neo-classical style. This is presumably also the son. The album therefore must have been compiled after the elder Lock's death in 1765. It was bought from a descendant, probably his grandson, George Lock, and had been exhibited by him at the International Exhibition held at South Kensington in 1862.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and wash on paper |
| Brief description | A design for a neo-classical wall mirror, in pen, ink and wash on paper, from an album by Matthias Lock. |
| Physical description | A design for a rectangular wall mirror in neo-classical design. The frame is uncoloured and the mirror shown by pale green wash, with only the left half drawn in except for the crest. There is a simple inset broder with leaf patterns to the corners and centres of each edge. The skirt comprises a finial and scrolling leaves, the crest a central urn with scrolling leaves and husks hanging down the sides of the frame. |
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| Production type | Design |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This design came to the museum in an album of designs entitled Original Designs by Matts Lock, Carver 1740 - 1765. It includes a number of designs which should probably be associated with a later Matthias Lock, recorded at Clerkenwell Green in 1788-1797, who is probably his son. These include neo-classical mirror designs, and designs for foliate ornament. In 1769, a Matthias Lock published A New Book of Foliage for the Instruction of Young Artists and A New Book of Pier Frame's, Oval's, Gerandole's, Tables, &c, all in the neo-classical style. This is presumably also the son. The album therefore must have been compiled after the elder Lock's death in 1765. It was bought from a descendant, probably his grandson, George Lock, and had been exhibited by him at the International Exhibition held at South Kensington in 1862. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 2848:17 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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