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Lot 43
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An Italian carved giltwood mirror inset with an oil on canvas chinoserie panel, Piedmontese, the carving possibly by Michele Crotti first quarter 18th century

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • pine, glitwood, glass, paint, canvas
  • 185cm. high, 149.5cm. wide, 10cm. deep; 6ft. ¾in., 4ft. 10¾in., 4in.
of rectangular inverted breakfront form with glazed borders mounted with a carved giltwood bracket flanking a chinoserie scene depicting a tea ceremony beneath a gazebo and a cherry blossom tree within an arched frame, the whole carved with c-scrolls, acanthus leaves and foliage on a cross hatched and stippled ground

Condition

Colour overall less greenish and gilding more golden and attractive than in the catalogue photograph.Attractive detail to carving and painted panel. In need of some minor attention but once restored it will look stunning. The piece is dirty and would benefit from a light clean according to taste. There are some losses to the gilding and two minor sections of carving which would benefit from attention. There are some losses to the border at the top of each stile especially to the side of each cornice. There are gaps where the cornice attaches to the central section. The gilding is flaked off in places and chipped especially on the central section of carving above the arch which is completely missing. There are some breaks in the border surrounding the glass on the top of the central section which would benefit from some attention. There are also some minor losses to the plate in places and the glass protrudes at the top of the left side which cannot be explained.There is a very minor area of loss to the sky section of the canvas which can easily be touched up and some glue stains on the canvas which can be cleaned off.
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Catalogue Note

Comparative Literature:
Roberto Antonetto, Il Mobile Piemontese nel Settecento, Vol. II, pp. 172-176.
Edi Baccheschi, Mobili Piemontesi del sei e Settecento, Milan,1963, p. 43

This magnificently carved overmantel mirror with scrolls, brackets and foliage is reminiscent of similar overmantel mirrors in some of the Turinese palaces. See for example a related overmantel mirror illustrated by Antonetto, op. cit., p.176, fig. 4, for an overmantel mirror of similar form and carved elements wiith mirrored pilasters, small consoles and similarly carved mouldings, in Palazzo Madama, Museo Civico d'Arte d'Antica,Torino, (Inv. 1342/L), the carving of which is attributed to Michele Crotti, one of the gilders active in the gilded Appartment in Palazzo Carignano as well as in Palazzo Madama Turin.Also see Baccheschi, op. cit., p. 43, for an overdoor and door frame, with similar carving and a painted panel with chinoiseries to that on the offered mirror (formerly in the Pietro Accorsi, Collection).