Live Auction 2273The William F. Reilly Collection
Christie’s roundel
Lot 106

A PAIR OF DANISH GILTWOOD MIRRORS

CIRCA 1760

Closed14 October 2009

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USD 37,500

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A PAIR OF DANISH GILTWOOD MIRRORS
CIRCA 1760
With pierced asymmetrical cresting and a stippled ground with ruffles and foliage surrounding a later divided beveled mirror plate, regilt
71 in. (180.5 cm.) high, 30½ in. (77.5 cm.) wide (2)

By repute, the manor house of Stoovringgaard, Denmark.
Bought from Arne Schlesch, New York, in 1993.

Specialist note

An almost identical pair of giltwood mirrors is illustrated in G. Child, World Mirrors, London, 1990, p.300, fig. 689.