Early C19th Italian Neapolitan Gilt-wood Framed Pier Mirror.

Early C19th Italian Neapolitan gilt-wood framed pier mirror.

The architectural cornice having a frieze panel below inset wit a glazed Pompeiian-style fresco gouache painting . The two-piece mirror bevelled divided plates surrounded by a carved ovolo ‘egg-and-dart’ border .The upper mirror plate with a shaped slip edge and etched and engraved with a design featuring a basket of flowers. The plates having minor atmospheric aged degradation .

The architecturally-inspired carved gilt-wood frame having atmospheric aged wear to the surface , with areas of the red gesso or ‘bole’ ground showing through the rubbed gilding .

The verso with original back-boards .

A highly decorative mirror having achieved an excellent age-worn patina and surface .

H 54”

W 24”

D 3”

Italy c.1830

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