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A SET OF FOUR NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD GIRANDOLE MIRRORS
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A SET OF FOUR NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD GIRANDOLE MIRRORS

PIEDMONT, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A SET OF FOUR NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD GIRANDOLE MIRRORS
Piedmont, mid-18th Century
Each with shaped rectangular plate within a naturalistic border, with a fruiting and foliate oak border to the left side, and floral bound palm-leaf surround to the right side of the girandole mirrors, the cresting forming a ribbon-tied pierced circular cartouche where the two decorative motives join, the boss with ribbon-tied wooden naturalistic branches, two girandole mirrors with later candle arms, two lacking arms
31 in. (79 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide (4)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

The delicate shape and inticate oak-leaf carving of these girandole mirrors is typically Piedmontese, and almost identical examples are at Racconigi, near Turin, and are illustrated in N. Gabrielli, Racconigi, Turin, 1971, p. 103.

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