Live Auction 5356Christie's Interiors
A GUSTAVIAN GILTWOOD AND PAINTED MIRROR
Lot 6

A GUSTAVIAN GILTWOOD AND PAINTED MIRROR

ATTRIBUTABLE TO JOHAN AKERBLAD, CIRCA 1780

Closed3 June 2008

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GBP 2,250

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A GUSTAVIAN GILTWOOD AND PAINTED MIRROR
ATTRIBUTABLE TO JOHAN AKERBLAD, CIRCA 1780
The divided rectangular plate within a beaded and ribbon entwined surround, with berried-laurel and ribbon tied cresting flanking a central roundel and a tablet with laurel foliate below, the reverse bearing stamped initials I.A
50¾ in. (129 cm.) high; 18¾ in. (47.5 cm.) wide

Specialist note

Johan Akerblad was a mirror maker in Stockholm active between 1728-99. Similar mirrors are illustrated in Speglar by Torsten Sylven and Elsebeth Welander-Berggren, pp 244-5.