French Gilded Age Three-Part Overmantel Mirror, fourth quarter 19th century, the giltwood mirror set with beveled oval plates, the larger center plate under an elaborate arched crest, decorated with putti holding swags of trumpet flowers, below a pierced scrolled crest set with a shell and an acanthus swag, the side crests decorated with pierced scrolls flanking acanthus leaves, the sections separated by aesthetic molded colonnettes with acanthus-leaf capitals, h. 61", w. 54".

In good restored, partially over-painted and glazed condition. The beveled mirror plates are crisp and clear, possibly replaced or re-silvered. There is a loss to a ribbon at the base of the carved and turned left pilaster. The loss is about 1-1/2" by 7/8" (visible in catalogue photo). NOTE: Corrected measurements: height 52", width 63".