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A similar mirror iss illustrated in Graham Child, World Mirrors 1650-1900, London, 1990, fig. 626.
PIEDMONT, CIRCA 1770
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A NORTH ITALIAN SILVERED AND GILTWOOD MIRROR
Piedmont, Circa 1770
The arched divided plate and slip-surrmounds within a Greek key and ribbon-twist surrounds, respectively, surmounted by a laurel and acanthus-decorated scrolled cresting hung with ribbon-tied laurel swags, each top corner set with a flowering basket, a flwering vine descending to entwine each side, the lower edge hung with similar laurel swags, on acanthus feet, the reverse stencilled in black 3690, regilt
88in. (223.5cm.) high, 50in. (127cm.) wide
Piedmont, Circa 1770
The arched divided plate and slip-surrmounds within a Greek key and ribbon-twist surrounds, respectively, surmounted by a laurel and acanthus-decorated scrolled cresting hung with ribbon-tied laurel swags, each top corner set with a flowering basket, a flwering vine descending to entwine each side, the lower edge hung with similar laurel swags, on acanthus feet, the reverse stencilled in black 3690, regilt
88in. (223.5cm.) high, 50in. (127cm.) wide