Offered by Galleria Sinigaglia
Furniture, paintings, sculptures and objects from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Splendid gilded wood mirror, Rome, Baroque period. Internal edge carved with myrtle garland, palmettes and rolled ribbon. Friezes and large twisted acanthus leaves, volutes and flowers at the high corners.
Era: Louis XIV (1680-1740)
Origin: Rome
Material: golden wood frame, mercury mirror
Measurements and materials
Materials:
Frame: this is wood covered with pure gold leaf. Not to be confused with the "Mecca" one, invented by the Neapolitans around the 17th century and composed of silver "dyed" with pigments from China. And from the "imitation" one, invented starting from the 19th century and composed of an alloy of copper, brass and zinc.
Mirror: mercury glass (in use at the time)
Dimensions:
Light: 23 X 19 cm
Dimensions: 72 x 58 cm