Italian giltwood Louis XIV style antique mirror

£28,000

This fine, antique giltwood and gilt egg and dart mirror is richly decorated in the Louis XIV style with classical motifs and scrolling, ornate arabesques.

 

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Description

This stately antique mirror features classical profiles and portraits on its intricately detailed gilt-inlaid frame, which is richly ornamented with symmetrical scrolling arabesques. The ornamental details are painted in reverse on glass in gilt, and laid over black, ebonised wood.The frame is bordered in gilt egg and dart. This mirror is a fine 19th Century recreation of the late Louis XIV style of marquetry, which the master marqueteur André-Charles Boulle pioneered, and which the gilt, glass overlay attempts to imitate.

Details

Country of Origin
Italian
Date of Manufacture
19th Century
Period
19th Century
Style
Arabesque, Boulle, Classical, Louis XIV
Material
Ebonised Wood, Giltwood, Glass, Mirror, Wood

Dimensions

Height
195 cm / 76.8 inches
Width
138 cm / 54.3 inches
Depth
5 cm / 2 inches

Reference:
14876

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