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Lot 246
  • 246

A Louis XIV picture frame and associated cresting early 18th century

Estimate
700 - 1,000 GBP
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Description

  • giltwood
  • 110cm. high, 56.5cm. wide; 3ft 8in., 1ft 11in
now a mirror, the foliate and shell carved frame surmounted by a shaped, arched crest carved with lambrequin, helmets and strapwork

Literature

West Horsley Place, Surrey, Inventory, 1938, Vol. 1, p.71, in the Drawing Room; A gilt gesso frame Wall Mirror with elaborate pierced surmount with leaf top. £35. 

Condition

Picture frame adapted as a wall mirror, so plate later. Losses to gilding (as to be expected). Cracks. Old, marks and scratches. Re-gilding in places.
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