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A LARGE CONTINENTAL CARVED GILTWOOD MIRROR IN THE MANNER OF BURCHARD PRECHT, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY 225cm high, 122cm wideBurchard Precht (1651-1738) was a German furniture maker and restorer, who established himself in Stockholm, circa 1674, at the Swedish Royal residence of Drottingholm Palace. He was made 'carver to the court' in 1682 and his manufacture of high quality 18th century mirrors in the 'Regence' design is among some of his most notable work. Many examples of mirrors by, or attributed to, Burchard Precht, or to his sons Gustav (d. 1763) and Christian (d. 1779) are well documented. Christian Precht went on to gain a reputation as a leading Swedish silversmith by the mid-18th century.For a closely related example of mirror attributed to Precht, see F.J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, Volume II, New York, 1966, no. 209, pl. 395. Another closely related exampled of mirror sold at Christie's, London, The European Connoisseur (1542), 4th June 2014, Lot 551 (£35,000 incl. BP).