"19th Century Rocaille Mirror In Gilt Bronze With Dragon And Dove Of Love Figures, Léon Messagé"
Late 19th century gilt bronze mirror in the Rocaille style with an asymmetrical frame surmounted by a dove and a flaming torch, the base of the mirror with two scrolled feet, one with a Japanese-style dragon with a long, curved tail, the other side with rushes and reeds, enclosing the beveled glass mirror, the back with an easel support. After a drawing by Léon Messagé, from Cahier des Dessins et Croquis style Louis XV, 1890. Archives of Pierre Lécoules.
See Camille Mestdagh, "L'ameublement d'art français 1850-1900", fig 182, p 164.
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