AnticStore > Catalogue > Mirrors, Trumeau > 17th century > Baroque Mirror In Gilded Wood, Rome 17 th century

Baroque Mirror In Gilded Wood, Rome 17 th century

Offered by Galleria Sinigaglia

Baroque Mirror In Gilded Wood, Rome 17 th century - Mirrors, Trumeau Style Louis XIV

Baroque Mirror In Gilded Wood, Rome 17 th century - Louis XIV

Ref : 109979

9 500 €

Period :: 17th century
Provenance :: Italy, Rome
Medium :: Golden wood
Dimensions :: l. 22.83 inch X H. 28.35 inch

Mirrors, Trumeau - Baroque Mirror In Gilded Wood, Rome 17 th century

17th century - Baroque Mirror In Gilded Wood, Rome 17 th century

Galleria Sinigaglia

Furniture, paintings, sculptures and objects from the 18th and 19th centuries.

+393886311842

Baroque Mirror In Gilded Wood, Rome 17 th century

Splendid gilded wood mirror, Rome, Baroque period. Internal edge carved with myrtle garland, palmettes and rolled ribbon. Friezes and large twisted acanthus leaves, volutes and flowers at the high corners.

Era: Louis XIV (1680-1740)

Origin: Rome

Material: golden wood frame, mercury mirror

Measurements and materials

Materials:
Frame: this is wood covered with pure gold leaf. Not to be confused with the "Mecca" one, invented by the Neapolitans around the 17th century and composed of silver "dyed" with pigments from China. And from the "imitation" one, invented starting from the 19th century and composed of an alloy of copper, brass and zinc.

Mirror: mercury glass (in use at the time)

Dimensions:

Light: 23 X 19 cm

Dimensions: 72 x 58 cm

Tag
17th century