Lot 90
90
A NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD AND EBONISED MIRROR
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A NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD AND EBONISED MIRROR

EARLY 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GENOA

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A NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD AND EBONISED MIRROR
EARLY 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GENOA
The rectangular plate within a stepped ripple-moulded frame, headed by a pierced scrolling and foliate cresting centered by a female mask and surmounted by plumes, the lower section with a conforming apron carved with entwined scrolls and centered by a foliate spray
64 in. (162.5 cm.) high; 43½ in. (110.5 cm.) wide
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Lot Essay

With its superbly-carved giltwood cresting centered by a mask within scrolls, this mirror is a fine example of Genoese carved furniture of the early 1700s. The frame itself consists entirely of ripple-mouldings and recalls and earlier phase of furniture-making inspired by Netherlandish prototypes. A related mirror is in the Palazzo Spinola in Genoa and is illustrated in A. Gonzalez-Palacios, Il Mobile in Liguria, Genoa, 1996, p. 108, fig. 129.

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