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RARE DIMINUTIVE GIRANDOLE MIRROR

Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
English or American, ca. 1800-1820.
Carved gilt wood and gesso, cut glass cupholders and prisms, convex mirror plate.
Great condition, retains most of the original gilt, minor repairs commensurate with age.
Provenance: From a prominent Boston collection.
This rare and desirable diminutive girandole mirror exhibits both great form and proportions. Having a carved spread-wing eagle flanked by serpents above a convex mirror surrounded by balls with candle arms fitted with glass bobeches and prisms.

More Information

Period:	19th Century
Styles / Movements:	Traditional, Federal
Dealer Reference #:	F-M 117
Incollect Reference #:	540315

Dimensions

W.	20 in;	H.	28 in;	D.	6 in;
W.	50.8 cm;	H.	71.12 cm;	D.	15.24 cm;

Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.

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