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Mirror, Venice circa 1700

Catalog#:	LAC-MI 18-1
Category:	Furniture - Non-American
SubType:	Chair
Origin:	Italy
Era:	18th Century
Height:	65 1/2 inches inches
Width:	36 inches inches



Original Gilding fir wood (cirmolo) and orginal mirror glass are topped by a lattice work cresting of exceptionally fine carving size. The typically Venetian framing element of the mirror has burnished gilding punctuated by cartouche shaped reserves containing floral and foliate motifs on a grainy gilded base. The excited design of the finely carved cimasa, which incorporates lattice work, C-scrolls, a female mask, floral and foliate motifs and strapwork, recalls the designs of Jean I Berain (1637-1711), who became the architecte dessinateur de la Chambre et du Cabinet du Roi.

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