Louis XIV Chinoiserie Mirror, C.1700
Stock No
VAG679
2017
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Item Description
A fine Louis XIV period gilt wood and verre églomisé mirror,
with the original rectangular bevelled plate enclosed by Chinoiserie decorated verre églomisé outer borders and arched pediment, surmounted by feathered cresting issuing acanthus leaf trials and stepped foliate scrolls, with foliate shoulder volutes.
verre églomisé is named after Jean-Baptist Glomy, a French 18th Century frame maker to Louis XVI, who used the technique extensively to embellish framed prints and to decorate mirrors and trumeaux for Marie-Antoinette.
Although some of the finest work was carried out in the 18th and 19th centuries, it is much older, with early examples of Eglomise glass decorated bowls from a tomb in Italy, dating from the third century B.C.
For similar examples see the following publications,
Mirrors in famous collections by Serge Roche fig.65
World Mirrors, Graham Child fig.322
Item Info
Seller
Seller Location
West Sussex, Sussex
Item Dimensions
H: 160cm W: 85cm D: 3cm
Period
18th Century & Earlier
Item Location
United Kingdom
Seller Location
West Sussex, Sussex
Item Location
United Kingdom
Seller Contact No
+44 (0)7425 365899
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