MID-18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY VENETO

This attractive pair of painted and parcel-gilt mirrors with simulated blue and red glass moulded panels to the frame recalls the extremely rare and sought after furniture produced in the 18th century incorporating coloured glass panels, of which one of the only recorded examples incorporating blue glass panels is an armchair conserved in the Museo Vetraio in Murano, (illustrated in E.Colle, Il Mobile Rococò in Italia, Milan, 2003, p.359). Coloured glass was produced in the Murano factories since the 13th century and has been source of much pride by the elite patrons and aristocracy of Venice. A rare pair of mid-18th century Venetian armchairs fitted with blue glass panels was sold anonymously, Christie’s New York, 2 June 2015, lot 305 ($100.000).