" Important Louis XIV Mirror Decorated With Shells, Foliage And Mascarons "
Large mirror with a richly carved and gilded wooden frame, decorated with mercury glass backed parecloses. The decoration, of very careful execution, is composed of foliage scrolls, volutes and flowers, punctuated at the corners by stylized shell motifs. The pediment, with a broken arch, is centered by a large bearded mascaron with acanthus leaf hair, framed by floral garlands and surmounted by a crown of feathers... Read more Some repairs and wear from use to the gilding. Small alterations to the mirror's silver.
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