Period: 18th century
Price: € 3.500
Refined pair of Louis XV Lombard mirrors, measuring 95 x 55 cm, from the first half of the 18th century, made of carved, sculpted, and gilded walnut wood with original 18th-century mercury glass, featuring a carved floral crest. The Baroque period is particularly well-suited to the creation of mirrors, as objects with a simple structure: a carving rich in relief decorations is the best and most effective way to enhance it. This beautiful pair is an eloquent demonstration of this. Sumptuous mirrors characterized by an exuberant Baroque carving, composed of architectural elements capable of merging and giving an elegant and lively impetus, embellished by the elegant contrast between the two different types of gold used. The glass parts are absolutely original and feature a typical Murano blown glass workmanship. The excellent quality, as well as the depth of about 2/3 mm, of the glass, the reflections in many truly luminescent parts, and the millimeter-level precision coincide with 18th-century Venetian mercury glass. The mirror part is also perfectly intact; they are both mercury mirrors; indeed, it appears to be the original mirror of the mirror, as evidenced by the morphology of the stains matured over the centuries of life. The bevels are typically eighteenth-century in technique and quality. Of particular impact is the representation of these volutes so strong, lively, built in one go with a truly imposing but at the same time graceful and quick constructive force. All the glass parts are healthy. The state of conservation, taking into account the fragility and the era of the object, is fantastic. An irreplaceable detail of eighteenth-century and modern furniture, the mirror can be placed above a console or above a fireplace, or occupy, if of imposing dimensions, the entire wall or part of it. The paintings and art objects published here are my exclusive property and consequently are always available to be viewed in person, by appointment, at my exhibition venues located in Sanremo and Brescia. The work, like every object of ours, is sold accompanied by a FIMA photographic certificate of authenticity and lawful provenance; this document identifies the object, adding value to the item. We personally handle and organize the packaging and shipping of artworks with insurance worldwide. Dr. Riccardo Moneghini Art Historian