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SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
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an italian giltwood mirror
Second quarter 18th Century
The central arched rectangular plate within outer slips, the open pediment surmounted by dragons flanking a shaped shield with acanthus and C-scrolls above another shield centring on a putto's mask, the oval mirrored cresting surrounded by foliate C-scrolls and with acanthus-spray finial, the sides headed by masks above foliate branches, the waved apron centred by a female mask, restorations, plate later
263cm. high x 130cm. wide
Second quarter 18th Century
The central arched rectangular plate within outer slips, the open pediment surmounted by dragons flanking a shaped shield with acanthus and C-scrolls above another shield centring on a putto's mask, the oval mirrored cresting surrounded by foliate C-scrolls and with acanthus-spray finial, the sides headed by masks above foliate branches, the waved apron centred by a female mask, restorations, plate later
263cm. high x 130cm. wide
Provenance
Collection Castiglioni, Italy
Literature
Dr. A. Berendsen, Het meubel, van gotiek tot biedermeier, Hilversum, 1967, page 90, No. 124, illustrated.