Lot Essay
Mirrors with related scrolling oak leaf carvings from Cologne and Augsburg are illustrated in H. Kreisel, Die Kunst des Deutschen Möbels, 1968, vol. I, figs. 609 and 672.
Details
A GERMAN BAROQUE STAINED LIMEWOOD MIRROR
CIRCA 1770, POSSIBLY RHEINLAND
With oval plate within an elaborate densely carved frame with fruiting garlands surmounted by a coat-of-arms flanked by putti seated amidst pierced scrolling foliage, rocaille and oak leaves (restorations)-88in. x 58in. (215.5cm. x 147cm.)
CIRCA 1770, POSSIBLY RHEINLAND
With oval plate within an elaborate densely carved frame with fruiting garlands surmounted by a coat-of-arms flanked by putti seated amidst pierced scrolling foliage, rocaille and oak leaves (restorations)-88in. x 58in. (215.5cm. x 147cm.)
Provenance
Sold in these Rooms, 13 June 1985, lot 53.