A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC GILTWOOD, COMPOSITION AND EGLOMISE GLASS GIRANDOLES

CIRCA 1780, POSSIBLY SICILY

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC GILTWOOD, COMPOSITION AND EGLOMISE GLASS GIRANDOLES
Circa 1780, possibly Sicily
Each rectangular plate within two beaded surrounds separated by faux-marble slips, surmounted by a ribbon-tied medallion containing an Emperor's bust, hung with bell-flower swags, the base centered by a mask, inscribed in black 3 seven times, 10, 19 three times, 9 twice, and in blue I, lacking girandole arms, some border plates possibly replaced, originally part of a larger set
30in. (76cm.) high, 15¼in. (39cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

With their verre-eglomise (reverse-painted glass) panels in imitation of marble, these unusual mirrors are related to the celebrated suite of furniture made for the Prince of Palagonia for the Drawing Room of the Villa Palagonia at Bagheria, near Palermo, Sicily. A chair from the suite is illustrated in A. Gonzales-Palacios, Il Tempio del Gusto, vol. II, Milan, 1984, p. 275, no. 629; other examples are in the Musuem for Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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