Description:

A MIRROR AND CONSOLE TABLE IN MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ITALIAN STYLE
Italian, mid-20th century

The mirror with a shaped plate within a black-painted and parcel-silvered moulded frame richly carved and pierced all round with trailing and scrolling foliage and flowers, the conforming table of serpentine outline
The mirror 140cm high, 100cm wide; the table 86cm high, 120cm wide, 53cm deep

  • Condition: Inspected from the front (it has not been possible to inspect the reverse in preparing this report), the mirror appears to be in good condition. The are a few scattered shrinkage cracks in the carved details of the frame, all stable, but no apparent breaks or repairs. The silvered and part-painted surface of the frame is intentionally worn and distressed to simulate the wear found on original eighteenth century pieces.

    Structurally, the table is in very good condition. For the most part the table is finished to match the mirror frame but it is possible that the decoration to its top was originally different and / or has been partly lost. It presently appears loosely and unevenly brushed in black paint over a dark orange ground but there are outlines in the black layer of a free design reminiscent of the figuring of breccia marble, suggesting the possibility that the top was originally decorated to simulate marble and that this has since largely worn off or been scrubbed off.



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