19TH CENTURY
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AN ITALIAN GILTWOOD AND GESSO MIRROR
19th Century
The arched pediment with central fan of scrolled acanthus, above a shelf, flanked by scrolling acanthus and flower blooms, the sides with winged putti carrying quivers and bearing flowers and winged mermaids amidst scrolled acanthus, the apron centred by a grotesque mask, enclosing an arched bevelled plate with harebell slip, label to reverse, inscribed Carlo Scarselli, Scultore in Legno, Fabbricante di mobili artistici, N.11 Lungarno Torrigiani N.11, Firenze
77in. (196cm) wide
19th Century
The arched pediment with central fan of scrolled acanthus, above a shelf, flanked by scrolling acanthus and flower blooms, the sides with winged putti carrying quivers and bearing flowers and winged mermaids amidst scrolled acanthus, the apron centred by a grotesque mask, enclosing an arched bevelled plate with harebell slip, label to reverse, inscribed Carlo Scarselli, Scultore in Legno, Fabbricante di mobili artistici, N.11 Lungarno Torrigiani N.11, Firenze
77in. (196cm) wide
Literature
S. Chiorugi, Botteghe de Mobilieri in Toscana, Volume Secondo, 1994, p544