AN IRISH CARVED GILTWOOD MIRROR, C.1740, with scrolled...
AN IRISH CARVED GILTWOOD MIRROR, C.1740, with scrolled pierced shoulders, filled by an eagle, pierced floral pendant sides and with flat-carved shell scrolled apron. 130cm high, 180cm wide
The somewhat eccentric design of the mirror with accentuated shoulders, flower pendant sides and flat carved apron is absolutely unique to Irish mirrors. Various examples are known (see Glin & Peill p.260 illus. 222/212) and they all probably originate in the same, as yet, unidentified workshop.
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AN IRISH CARVED GILTWOOD MIRROR, C.1740, with scrolled pierced shoulders, filled by an eagle, pierced floral pendant sides and with flat-carved shell scrolled apron. 130cm high, 180cm wide
The somewhat eccentric design of the mirror with accentuated shoulders, flower pendant sides and flat carved apron is absolutely unique to Irish mirrors. Various examples are known (see Glin & Peill p.260 illus. 222/212) and they all probably originate in the same, as yet, unidentified workshop.
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