Lot 85
  • 85

A fine pair of Regency part-ebonized giltwood convex girandole mirrors circa 1810

Estimate
25,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • giltwood, mirror glass
  • height 4 ft. 10 1/4 in.; width 43 in.
  • 148 cm; 109.2 cm

Literature

See Graham Child's "World Mirrors," 1990, plate 255.

Condition

Overall good condition; gilding in good condition with some old rubbing and wear showing gray bole in places; the mirror plates appear to be original with some slight pitting to silvering; some minor chips and nicks to extremities.
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