LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE CARVED ORNAMENT TO CENTER PROBABLY ORIGINAL

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A SOUTH EUROPEAN SILVERED AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED BOISERIE MIRROR
LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE CARVED ORNAMENT TO CENTER PROBABLY ORIGINAL
The rectangular divided plate with over-imposed suspended floral wreath and with floral swags suspended from drapery held by doves, on a fruiting and laurel staff, with stiff-leaf border and paterae to the inset corners at the top, top of center lacking a further carved element
96 in. (244 cm.) high, 53½ in. (136 cm.) wide

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with O.F. Wilson. Ltd.

拍品专文

This mirror is evocative of Piedmontese works of the late 18th century, incorporating the super-imposed carved doves, floral garlands and suspended wreaths found on mirrors of the region, such as on a mirror illustrated in G. Child, World Mirrors, London, 1990, p. 283, fig. 621.