An Italian early 18th century carved giltwood mirror
The later rectangular plate within a concave slip and projecting entwined ribbon-wrapped and berried stiff-leaf carved surround, encompassed with large scrolled acanthus leaves, surmounted by a cresting comprised of two concentric scroll-edged scallop shells, approximately: 144cm high x 121cm wide.
Footnotes:
A few Italian late 17th century and early 18th century mirrors, which relate to the present lot, appear illustrated in E. Colle, Il Mobile Barocco in Italia, Arredi e Decorazioni d'Interni dal 1600 al 1738, 2000, Milan, p. 112, fig. 75, p. 312 and fig. 96, p. 386.
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