A ROMAN TWO-TONE GILTWOOD MIRROR
A ROMAN TWO-TONE GILTWOOD MIRROR

FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

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A ROMAN TWO-TONE GILTWOOD MIRROR
First half 18th Century
The rectangular plate with moulded border within a profusely carved frame of acanthus, foliate scrolls and floral swags, the sides with outscrolled leaves entwined with matted branches and strapwork, surmounted by a cresting headed by floral sprays, regilt with previous traces of gilding and green paint, minor losses to carving
96 in. x 72 in. (244 cm. x 184 cm.)

Lot Essay

Mirrors of this type were frequently executed en suite with a console table, often similarily carved. The decorative scheme is typical of the Roman productions of the second half 17th Century. A very similar mirror in the collection of the Marchese Patrizio Naro Montoro is illustrated in G. Lizzani, Il Mobile Romano, Milano, 1970, p. 68, ill. 105. The symmetrical combination of large acanthus leaves and smaller floral sprays is very similar to that of a design of 1698 by the Roman Filippo Passarini, from his pattern book, Le nuove invenzioni d'ornamenti.., (F. Sabatelli, ed., La cornice Italiana dal Rinascimento al neoclassico, Milan, 1992, p. 69, ill. 83, and in Lizzani, op.cit., p. XXV, plate XXXVII

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