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A NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD AND POLYCHROME 'LACCA' MIRROR
Lot 531

A NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD AND POLYCHROME 'LACCA' MIRROR

VENICE, CIRCA 1770

Fermé7 July 2011

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A NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD AND POLYCHROME 'LACCA' MIRROR
VENICE, CIRCA 1770
Of arched rectangular form with divided plate within mirrored surround, the moulded border carved with scrolling foliate and floral husk trails, surmounted by a ribbon-tied foliate wreath issuing a conforming garland, the bottom central plate replaced, with restorations to decoration
88 in. (224 cm.) x 41 in. (104 cm.)

Collection N.H. Alvise Barozzi, Venice.
Collection Donà (delle Rose), Venice.

Note du spécialiste

C. Santini relates the present lot to a comparable naturalistic and foliate-entwined mirror dated circa 1780 and formerly in Ca' Rezzonico, Venice (discussed op.cit., p.263 and illustrated in G.Morazzoni, Il Mobile Veneziano del '700, Milan, 1958, Tav.CCLXI).