11643 – AN UNUSUAL WHITE PAINTED IRON MIRROR WITH GILT BRASS DETAILING AND TWELVE SECTIONAL BEVELED MIRROR PLATES

11643 AN UNUSUAL WHITE PAINTED IRON MIRROR WITH GILT BRASS DETAILING AND TWELVE SECTIONAL BEVELED MIRROR PLATES Possibly French. Third Quarter of the Twentieth Century. Measurements: Height: 74″ (188 cm); Width: 39″ (99 cm).



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Of painted iron and gilt brass. The crest formed of three pierced vasiform elements tied by a brass rod, the central vase surmounted by inverted gilt brass swans heads. The surmounting section above an interspace supported by a pair of gilt brass rings. The rectangular lower part with beveled outer border framing a system of twelve distressed sectional beveled mirror plates with a gilt brass paterae at each intersection. Old repaint with another white painted layer below the existing coating. 1 brass nut replaced.


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