A VENETIAN GILTWOOD PIER GLASS

MID-18TH CENTURY

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A VENETIAN GILTWOOD PIER GLASS
Mid-18th Century
The later rectangular plate within a moulded foliate carved frame and flanked by pierced C-scrolls, the cresting with a central open cartouche flanked by further C-scrolls above a conforming apron, refreshments to the gilding, restorations to peripheral carving, possibly originally with further mirror to cresting
59 in. x 44 in. (150 cm. x 113 cm.)

Lot Essay

An 18th Century example with closely related inner moulded frame is illustrated in S. Levy Il Mobile Veneziano del Settecento, Novara, 1996, vol II, pl. 291, while another, related model is illustrated Levy, op. cit., pl. 295.
A similar mirror from the collection of the Marchese Pica-Alfieri, sold Villa Diodati, Geneva, Christie's house sale, 30 September - 1 October 1996, lot 98.

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