Italian Fin-de-Siecle Giltwood Mirror

fourth quarter 19th century, possibly Venetian, the center oval beveled mirror plate set into leaf-carved roping, the mirror-backed surround with engraved mirrored trim, the four corners decorated with scrolls of laurel leaves, the lower edge with pineapples on scrolled backs and the upper edge with scrollwork cabochons set with flower pots, the crest depicting a basket spilling fruit.
h. 60-3/4", w. 39-1/2"

Provenance: Private collection Lafayette and New Orleans, Louisiana.

There are scattered losses to each of the top corner clusters of flowers. A loss to the laurel wreath a the right center edge. A small mirror plate is gone from both the upper and lower right edge of the curved section. Losses to the ribbon above the lower left pineapple. Othe scattered imperfections. Appears to retain its original gilded surface.