EARLY 18TH CENTURY, REBACKED AND REGILT

细节

A REGENCE GILTWOOD MIRROR
Early 18th century, rebacked and regilt
The later arched two-part plate within a guilloche-carved slip and mirrored surround, the rocaille acanthus-carved frame hung with floral garlands, the crest and apron centered with a strapwork and acanthus cartouche, each side headed with an eagle
79in. (200.5cm.) high, 46½in. (118cm.) wide

拍品专文

A Regence mirror with similar dragons perched on the top scrolls, the same flat scallop-shell motif inserted in the lower scrolls and a softly molded scallop-shell to the cresting is in the Palazzo Pitti (E. Colle, I Mobili di Palazzo Pitti, Il Primo Periodo Lorenese, 1737 - 1799, Florence, 1992, cat. 76, p. 148). Unfortunately the inventories of the palace only start mentioning it in 1758 and do not reveal when it was made nor who made it.