Live Auction 6717The Sunday Sale
A SWISS GILTWOOD PICTURE FRAME MIRROR
Lot 62

A SWISS GILTWOOD PICTURE FRAME MIRROR

MID-18TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF JOHANN FRIEDRICH FUNK I, BERN

Closed16 September 2012

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GBP 1,625

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A SWISS GILTWOOD PICTURE FRAME MIRROR
MID-18TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF JOHANN FRIEDRICH FUNK I, BERN
The sides carved with shells and foliate sprigs within cartouches of matted diaperwork, all upon a cross-hatched ground, the gently arched cresting pierced with rocialle and scrolling foliage, centred by a shell and trailing flowers
31½ in. (80 cm.) high; 23 5/8 in. (60 cm.) wide

Specialist note

A related mirror attributed to Johann Friedrich Funk I (1706-1775) with foliate cartouches on a similarly cross-hatched ground and rocaille cresting is illustrated in: Hermann von Fischer, Fonck a Berne, 2001, p. 220, pl. 399. An over-door cresting comparably pierced and carved with rocaille centred by a floral spray can be seen on p. 235, pl. 455.

Similar mirrors attributed to the Swiss sculptor Johann Friedrich Funk I (1706-1775) are also illustrated in the same text on p. 220-3 and 226-7.