MIRRORS AND ANTIQUE FRAMES - Page 2

Italy

Large free-standing mirror made in the last quarter of the 19th century still with a marked eclectic taste. The structure of the strongly architectural frame features a double arch on the top on which rests a large hexagonal reserve with a blue painted background with carved and gilded putti inserted. On the two culminating parts of the mirrors are inserted facing carved and always gilded dragons. On the sides of the mirror are applied carved dragons with Gothic turrets. Then two coats of arms are applied, one of which is recognizable as the Visconti coat of arms. Veneered in mahogany with painted and gilded parts. Repetitions in the gilding.

Lombardy, Late XIX Century

Gilded wooden mirror, shaped frame embellished with the application of carvings on the edges, mostly missing. Beveled mirror. Lombardy, late 19th century.

Italy

Neoclassical mirror in carved and gilded lime wood, richly adorned with a cymatium and feet with leaf carvings. Reduction of the cymatium, parts of the carving removed and the vase lowered, missing material fallen. Mercury mirror. Italy, last quarter of the 18th century.

France, Mid XIX Century

Cabarèt mirror in carved and gilded fir, floral and leaf carvings in pastiglia, cymatium ending with a coat of arms with a carved face inside. Mercury mirror. France, mid-19th century.

Italy, Early XX Century

Art Nouveau oak mirror, beveled mirror, upper moldings with stylised carvings. Italy, early 20th century.

Group of frames from the late 19th century

Group of 6 eclectic style frames, made of poplar with applied pastiglia carvings, painted in red with gilded carvings. Late 19th century.

Antique Mirror with Console Rococo Style

Rococo style mirror with double frame in carved and gilded wood with curlicue and rocaille motifs, in the centre there is a drop-shaped console table also carved with rococo motifs and painted with floral decorations.

Antique Mirror in Venetian Baroque Style

Venetian Baroque style mirror, carved with soft rocaille scrolls and flowers, mirror composed of several parts with studs.

Italy, Early XX Century

Frame in carved style with leaf motifs at the corners, it is gilded.

Tuscany, Late XVIII Century

Pair of neoclassical mirrors in walnut, gilded and lacquered. Carved cymatium composed of a pair of vases, leaf carvings and festoons that resume on the sides and at the base. Appliques missing, mirrors partially replaced. Restoration. Tuscany, third quarter of the 18th century.

France, Mid XIX Century

Eclectic mirror in gilded wood with pastille carvings, France, mid-19th century. Shaped frame adorned with pastille carvings depicting frets, leaf and floral elements, curls and trophy composed of bow, quiver and torch. Mercury mirror. Lacks in the carving and gilding.

Tuscany, Late XIX Century

Louis Philippe cheval mirror, resting on two bases equipped with a drawer and connected by a pair of turned crosspieces; the uprights are carved in the shape of dolphins, to support the frame, decorated with a cymatium carved with leaf scrolls: the central psyche mirror has both a tilting movement and a rotation movement, thanks to a vertical pin. In mahogany, the interiors are in poplar.

Veneto, Late XVIII Century

Neoclassical mirror with imitation wood lacquered wooden frame and gilded wood carvings, Veneto, late 18th century. Shaped frame with Greek borders, embellished with a cymatium with leaf and floral carvings that fall along the sides, a pair of vases and an oval mirror with a monogram placed within a pair of columns. Ornamental carvings also on the lower side. Regilded in ancient times.

France, Early XX Century

Pastiglia-carved and gilded frame; has shortcomings.

Lombardy Late 17th - Early 18th Century

Baroque mirror, the frame is carved with powerful leafy volutes, it is entirely gilded; with lacks and restorations.

Italy, Second Half of the XIX Century

Eclectic mirror made of carved and gilded wood, worked with leaf motifs, acanthus leaves, rocaille elements and drooping festoons on the sides. Italy second half 19th century.

Italy Early 19th Century

Empire frame in walnut in neoclassical style with mercury mirror, Italy, early 19th century. Carved with ribbon and leaf Greek motif.