Mirror Tortoiseshell Louis XIV, 17th Century Circa 1680.

Rare and elegant mirror in red turtle scales and blackened wood with double frames with concave and convex inverted profiles on a sticky fir tree. A beautiful ring adorned with a metal lysis flower dedicated to its fixation is present on its back. The turtle shell popular at the end of the great century was marketed by the French East India Company founded by Colbert in 1664 whose purpose was to negotiate the Cape of Good Hope in all East Indies and Seas. The tortoiseshell mirror is the aristocratic object par excellence. Initially placed on the table for the ceremonial of the toilet, he will quickly acquire his nobility and take a more and more prominent place and expose himself to the wall. Dimensions: Height 44.5cm, Width 37cm, Depth 6cm.