Offered by Sérignan Antiquités
Louis XV mirror in carved and gilded, burnished and amati linden wood. Polylobed rectangular in shape, this mirror is made up of a mirror mainly encased in ice-creams. Sideways decorated with two large twining linear braces raised by leafy olive branches. These are horizontally united by centered reserves of interlacing. The pediment receives in the middle part a decoration of basket gorged with figs, bunches of grapes and other foliage in a multi-lobed cartridge where acanthus stripes run around the periphery. The base horizontally receives a wreath in the middle part of it. ; the whole resting on two small sinuous feet wrapped in spirals. The main ice as well as the ice creams consist of a flat glass plate lined with tin and lead immersed in a mercury bath in order to dissolve them there. The tin associated with the lead then giving this warm and luminous side to the mirror called "mercury". Note the delicacy, finesse and nervousness of execution of this mirror more picturesque. The decoration centered on the cultivation of the olive, tells us more about its origin, very probably an agricultural domain or more precisely an olive grove Observation: This mirror is in a fabulous state of conservation totally from the period. Dimensions: height 102cm - width 59.5cm.
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General conditions of sale and delivery: The price indicated on the ad includes the delivery throughout the metropolitan France. For Germany, Belgium, Italy or Spain contact us for a quote. For the United States, Europe outside the EU or the rest of the world contact us for a quote but the import taxes applicable in each country remain at your expense. The packing and the follow-up of the transport are insured by ourselves or by professional carriers specialized in works of art.
