Carved wood, lacquered and gilded openwork pediment mirror decorated with a Putto musician from the French Louis XIV period

Carved wood, lacquered and gilded openwork pediment mirror decorated with a Putto musician from the French Louis XIV period

 

An exceptional and elegant openwork pediment mirror from the French Louis XIV period circa 1700-1710, carved in red lacquered wood and gilded with gold leaf. The pediment is beautifully and elegantly decorated with a Putto musician playing a flute, adorned with bellflowers and palmettes, the frame decorated with flower falls and palmettes.

 

Our mirror can be compared with an important mirror from the same period, circa 1700-1710, kept at the Musée des Arts décoratifs under inventory number inv. 26547 and reproduced in the book « Tromper les Yeux, Miroirs dans le Grand Décor en Europe (XVIIe et XVIIIe siècle) », page 21, Éditions Faton.

 

Sizes: H 51.96 In. - W 29.13 In.

 

Our mirror has been restored to a condition close to that which it was in the early 18th century. The mirror has probably been replaced.

 

A rare piece that will be appreciated by collectors and connoisseurs of French Grand Siècle of Arts.

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