Florence, possibly by Giovan Battista Dolci, circa 1760-1770

Details

A NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD PIER GLASS
Florence, possibly by Giovan Battista Dolci, circa 1760-1770
The frame with scrolling flowers, the lower central plate and some side plates replaced
85 in. (216 cm.) high, 37 in. (94 cm.) wide

Literature

H. Fioratti, Il Mobile Italiano, Florence, 2004, p. 183, fig. 297.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Closely related mirrors with similar pierced ruffle shell crestings and trailing foliage to the sides were supplied by the intagliatore Giovan Battista Dolci (with gilding by Francesco Ristori and Vittorio Frangini) to the Palazzo Pitti, Florence (see E. Colle, I Mobili di Palazzo Pitti, Il Primo Periodo Lorenese 1737-1799, Florence, 1992, p.150). Further Florentine mirrors attributed to Dolci are illustrated in E. Colle, Il Mobile Rococo in Italia, 2003, pp. 218-220.

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