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A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD MIRRORS
Lot 216 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 40-44, 216 AND 229)

A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD MIRRORS

VENICE, MID-18TH CENTURY

Closed6 July 2012

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GBP 22,500

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A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD MIRRORS
VENICE, MID-18TH CENTURY
Each with later rectangular bevelled plate within a foliate moulded frame surmounted by a shaped cartouche plate and a shell, flanked by pierced scrolling foliage carved with flowerheads, the apron centred by a shell, regilt, the peripheral carving with later supports and some replacements
80 x 60 in. (203 x 152.5 cm.) (2)

'22 Arlington Street, A William Kent House', Christie's, London, 11 May 2005, lot 49, where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

A mirror of similar form and with engraved upper plate is illustrated in G. Morazzoni, Il Mobile Veneziano del settecento, vol. II, rev. ed. 1996, pl. 295. A related pair of Venetian giltwood mirrors was sold, Sotheby's, London, 15 December 1999, lot 130.