A PAIR OF LOUIS XV PARCEL-GILT AND GREY-PAINTED BOISERIE PANELS, MID-18TH CENTURY

Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV PARCEL-GILT AND GREY-PAINTED BOISERIE PANELS, MID-18TH CENTURY

now inset with mirror plates
height 88 in.; width 29 in.
223.5 cm; 73.7 cm

Condition Report:
Some age shrinkage at joints with scattered rubbing, flaking and surface dust to gilding and to refreshed patinted decoration, and a few chips, age cracks and losses to carved elements. Horizontal crack across lower mirror plate of one panel, with losses to silvering, oxidation and marks to mirror plates on both panels, visible in catalogue photographs.

Provenance:
Marc & Corinne Barroux, Paris