Collinge Antiques

Description

Fabulous large late 19th.c. gilt mirror c.1880. Measuring six feet from top to bottom. Original 31" x 38½" oval mirror plate within a gilded frame with multiple bands of moulded detail. Topped with an exceptional pierced gesso frieze featuring a large scallop shell flanked with scrolling acanthus leaves and draped with a garland of flowers, angled so as to stand well proud of the wall and repeated as a smaller version at the bottom of the frame. Retaining the original gilding rubbed though in places to reveal the red ground below and aged to a lovely mellow gold colour. Excellent condition with just a few very minor missing portions of gesso and retouching. Original backboards.
Width: 42" (106.5 cm)
Height: 71" (180.5 cm)
Depth: 11.5" (29 cm)
Please contact us for more images, delivery and shipping quotes. Alternatively you are welcome to view and collect at our large warehouse showroom in Llandudno Junction, North Wales (approximately 45mins from Chester). We have a large and ever changing selection of genuine good quality antique furniture of all types and have twice been shortlisted for the Home and Antiques Magazine Antique Shop of the Year Award. 01492 580022.