AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC WALNUT GRAINED AND PARCEL-GILT MIRROR

LATE 18TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC WALNUT GRAINED AND PARCEL-GILT MIRROR
Late 18th Century
The later divided rectangular plate within a molded surround with bead-and-reel edge surmounted by a pierced guilloche frieze and foliate-carved and pierced bellflower-swag cresting with central vase-form finial issuing wheat sheaves, the shoulders issuing acanthus finials
99¼in. (252.1cm.) high, 48in. (121.9cm.) wide

Lot Essay

A related neoclassic walnut and parcel-gilt mirror with pierced guilloche cresting surmounted by an urn from the Meneghini Collection, Rome is illustrated in G. Mariacher, Specchiere Italiane E Cornici da Specchio, dal XV al XIX Secolo, Milan, 1963, pl. 148.

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