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A Fine Venetian Giltwood Mirror
18th Century

The rectangular beveled plate within a lapped border, the frame inset with floral panels centered by a scallop shell and the corners further inset with glass panels and leaf sprays, the cresting with central quarterfoil cartouches flanked by C-scrolls and surmounted by husk within a foliate sunburst, above two conforming side elements and the apron and terminating in an acanthus leaf boss

Reference:
Similar example found in “Mirrors”, Famous Galleries & Collections by Serge Rouche, with photographs by Pierre Devinoy. Plate Mirror #135

Height 58 in. Width 32 in.

Inventory Number: Mir 53
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A Fine George III Giltwood Mirror
18th Century

Height 44 in. Width 58 in.

Inventory Number: Mir65
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