MIRROR FRAME WITH ELABORATELY CARVED DÉCOR.
Germany.
Date: First half 18th century.
Maker/Designer: In the manner of Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt.
Technique: Wood, carved and gilt. Mirror glass.
Description: Virtuously carved frame with slender reeds decorating the sides,as well as finest rocailles and blossoms. Crowned by a dynamicly designed cartouche. Wide, console-shaped shelf at the lower edge and on the right side, in the lower quarter of the frame, another small oval console shelf. On it the figurine of a small cupid. On the right side a small dragon growing out of a volute.
Measurement: 91,5x55x14,5cm.
Provenance:
Collection "Haus Lüttgens", Aachen
Literature:
Lüttgens, Aachen (ed.): Haus Lüttgens, Alt-Aachener Wohnkultur, Aachen. The mirror presented here, depicted in its original setting on p.64, fig. 52.
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