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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
(LOTS 278-281)
AN EARLY LOUIS XV GILTWOOD MIRROR
CIRCA 1730, ORIGINALLY ARCHITECTURALLY FITTED, WITH CONSEQUENTIAL ALTERATIONS
Details
AN EARLY LOUIS XV GILTWOOD MIRROR
CIRCA 1730, ORIGINALLY ARCHITECTURALLY FITTED, WITH CONSEQUENTIAL ALTERATIONS
The later rectangular divided plate beneath a shaped cresting centered by a ruffled shell issuing floral trails with rocaille-carved shoulders, within a foliate, C-scroll and incised frame, the base carved with further rocaille, refreshment to gilding
55½ in. (141 cm.) high, 30½ in. (77.5 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1730, ORIGINALLY ARCHITECTURALLY FITTED, WITH CONSEQUENTIAL ALTERATIONS
The later rectangular divided plate beneath a shaped cresting centered by a ruffled shell issuing floral trails with rocaille-carved shoulders, within a foliate, C-scroll and incised frame, the base carved with further rocaille, refreshment to gilding
55½ in. (141 cm.) high, 30½ in. (77.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby Park Bernet, New York, 20 October, 1979, lot 32.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby Park Bernet, New York, 20 October, 1979, lot 32.
Literature
F.J.B Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, vol. I, New York, 1966, pl. 90.