Lot n° 10
Estimation :
50000 - 70000
EUR
IMPORTANT MIRROR WITH GLAZING, MAKING DOUBLE FRAME - Lot 10
IMPORTANT MIRROR WITH GLAZING, MAKING DOUBLE FRAME
Parisian work, Regency period, around 1720.
Richly carved and gilded wood
H. 245 cm L. 152 cm
Mercury mirror of the period in good condition.
This large model with a curved top, presents two loves sitting at the top of a palmette and flanked by a winged dragon. The exterior molding is chiseled with small pikes and a rocaille on a framing redent. At the corners of the bottom of the arch, an espagnolette in the shape of a foliage bust next to a burst palmette, from which a garland of flowers starts. In the lower part, the feet are surmounted by acanthus scrolls, in the center a cartouche of foliage with two doves in beak and on the sides, a scroll of foliage and flowers.
References:
- The two cushioned loves are featured in Graham Child's "Mirrors 1650-1900," fig. 327.
Provenance:
- Mathias sale of December 2, 1987, lot no. 105.
- Sale of June 26, 2001 at Piasa, lot n°60, N.V.
AN IMPORTANT REGENCY
GILT-WOOD marginal MIRROR,
PARIS CIRCA 1720.
H.96,4 in. L.59,8 in.
Original mercury plates in good condition.
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