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CIRCA 1730, POSSIBLY GERMAN
Details
A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN BAROQUE GILTWOOD MIRRORS
Circa 1730, possibly German
Each arched rectangular plate within a molded leaf-tip surround, surmounted by a shaped cresting with acanthus finial, acanthus decoration on punched ground to the front and flowering branch pendants to the sides, the base with scrolled acanthus center and sides similarly decorated, one bearing a paper label inscribed N. 21, one inscribed 43-10-285, the other 43-10-286, one with later backing, variations in size, one inscribed VAR
71in. (180.5cm.) high, 44¼in. (112.5cm.) wide (2)
Circa 1730, possibly German
Each arched rectangular plate within a molded leaf-tip surround, surmounted by a shaped cresting with acanthus finial, acanthus decoration on punched ground to the front and flowering branch pendants to the sides, the base with scrolled acanthus center and sides similarly decorated, one bearing a paper label inscribed N. 21, one inscribed 43-10-285, the other 43-10-286, one with later backing, variations in size, one inscribed VAR
71in. (180.5cm.) high, 44¼in. (112.5cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
Acquired from Aranda, Mexico City by the Countess Xavier de Polignac. By descent to the present owner, 1976.