FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XIV PARCEL-GILT AND EBONISED MIRROR
FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular bevelled plate within a moulded frame, the pierced cresting centred by a seated figure of Cupid flanked by flowerheads and scrolling foliage, decorated to the angles with scrolling foliage, the sides headed by pendant sprays of flowers and foliage
64 in. (163 cm.) high; 44 in. (112 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

With its decoration of sunflowers and cresting carved with a winged cherub issuing from scrolls, this mirror epitomizes some of the ornamental vocabulary of the Louis XIV style which were disseminated through the engravings of Jean Lepautre (1618-1682) and Pierre Lepautre (1759-1844). It derives from the earlier metal-mounted mirrors like the one which appear on Nicolas de Larmessin's (1638-1694) engraving Le Miroitier illustrated in Exh. cat., Miroirs. Jeux et reflets depuis l'Antiquité, Paris, 2000, p. 197.

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