18th Century Chamber Mirror in Golden Wood

Rare giltwood bedroom mirror (sometimes called a “bridal mirror”).
The pediment is adorned with a large rocaille motif centred on a basket, while the inner borders of the central mirror are finely carved with friezes of pearls and lozenges.
The original mercury mirror is magnified at the bottom by a décor of scrolls and acanthus leaves with a central rosette simulating a sunflower.

Era: 18th century
Dimensions: Height: 86.5cm x Width: 46.5cm x Depth: 7.5cm

The artists and craftsmen of the Louis XVI style have been able to draw inspiration from Greco-Roman art and nature with dexterity and harmony in the proportions making known and appreciating the Louis XVI style outside of borders.

The Louis XVI style is characterized by its straight lines and the symmetry of the sets. The buildings of the mirrors are still in oak, beech, amaranth or walnut, in European linden for sculpture.

Ornementations are inspired by ancient, nature, exoticism with garlands of flowers, ribbon knots, palmettes, pearls, oves, medallions, breaks, foliage torus, acanthe leaves, olive leaves And bay leaf, wicker baskets, hawks, bee hives, pastorals, shepherdesses, country scenes, chinoiseries …

The sculpted woods are golden gold or painted in a gold spare tone with gold.

The Louis XVI mirror will become an essential object for the decoration of its time.