French giltwood overmantel mirror with foxed plate
Reserved
A French giltwood mirror with a softly foxed plate and a frame that has avoided becoming grandiose.
Reserved
Description
The frame has a restrained shape, with rubbed gilt, small carved details and a pleasingly aged plate. It brings light, but not too much vanity.
Details
- Dimensions
- 92cm / 36in high, 81cm / 32in wide, 6cm / 2in deep
- Period
- Victorian, circa 1880
- Materials
- Giltwood, mirror plate, gesso
- Condition
- Good. The gilding is rubbed and mellow, with small losses to the gesso. The plate is foxed throughout but still gives a good reflection.
- Provenance
- Not known
- Delivery
- Furniture quote
Where it lives
Above a chimney piece, chest of drawers or console where a new mirror would look far too pleased with itself.
See Drawing Room
