CIRCA 1730 - 1750

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A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN MECCA MIRRORS
CIRCA 1730 - 1750
With foliate carved frames surrounded by pierced foliate scrolled carving, the crestings centred by masks, each inscribed with numerals to the reverse, losses and old repairs, minor differences and variations in carving (2)

Provenance

The John Hobbs Collection; Phillips, New York, 4 June 2002, lot 22.

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Lot Essay

The mirrors pittoresque acanthus-wrapped frame is temple-pedimented with serpentined wave-scrolls enclosing a lozenge-trellised compartment, that is echoed by the base cartouche and the truss-scrolled corner 'tablets'. Such trellised enrichment can be found on frames of the 1730s designed by Antonio Vernieri (E. Colle, Il Mobile Rococo in Italia arredi e decorazioni dinterni dal 1738 al 1775, Milan, 2003, pp. 30 and 306.).

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