MIRRORS AND ANTIQUE FRAMES - Page 3

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.

Italy, XX Century

Gilded and carved frame with phytomorphic and floral motifs in Rococo style.

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.

Milan, Third Quarter of the XVIII Century

Carved and lacquered fireplace with a painted canvas with a still life in the center and a mirror underneath. The whole surface is carved with rocaille motifs called "a pel de rava"according to the Milanese taste. Milan third quarter of the eighteenth century.

France, Early XX Century

Pastiglia-carved and gilded frame; has shortcomings.

Venice, Late XVIII Century

Venetian mirror with carved and gilded shaped frame, enclosing acid-etched mirrors decorated with characteristic ornamental motifs; central mirror replaced, the frame was partially re-gilded.

Italy, XX Century

Mirror with cymatium and frames in etched glass to form floral motifs and curls combined with cut and sculpted glass. Shortcomings. 20th century Italy

Italy, Last Quarter XVIII Century

Neoclassical mirror in carved and partially lacquered and gilded wood, Lombardy last quarter of the 18th century. Medallion frieze with love knot placed on the top, made with a ribbon and held by a float, and richly carved floral festoons; gilt moldings, mercury mirror. Decorated in the upper part with a cancurrent motif enriched with golden leaf elements, attributable to the iconographic repertoire of Giocondo Albertolli (Bedano 1742–Milan 1839), Swiss-Italian architect, decorator and teacher.

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.

France, Mid XIX Century

Mercury mirror with gilded wooden frame with tablet carved with floral motifs in the corners and internal frame.

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.

Second half of the 19th century

Neo-Renaissance mirror, imitating the painted terracotta of the Florentine Della Robbia workshop. With frame in glazed and glazed terracotta, decorated with festoons of fruit and two cherubs.

Veneto Last Quarter of the 18th Century

Neoclassical mirror with a contoured shape, the apron and the cymatium are carved with characteristic festoon and vase motifs. In partially gilded walnut, in the lower part there are places for the torch holder arms.

Italy, last quarter of the nineteenth century

Neoclassical style fireplace in carved, lacquered and partially gilded wood, Italy, last quarter of the 19th century. Coping entirely decorated with neoclassical carvings, such as Greek frets, phytomorphic spirals, leafy elements and the pair of large volutes with rosettes placed on the sides. At the top there is a medallion with a female profile in profile. Coping partially equipped with a blue lacquered base. Lacks in the carving.