Regency giltwood convex mirror, 19th c., England, mirrored glass with ebonized reeded liner, spherule mounted surround, topped with eagle crest, the lower portion decorated with scrolls and acanthus leaves, 42"h x 24"w

Provenance: Estate of Louis Beal, NYC

Notes/Literature: Louis Beal was founder of legendary NYC interior architecture firm Interior Space Design (ISD). A student of Walter Gropius, an early apprentice of Florence Knoll, inductee into the Interior Design Hall of Fame, and life trustee of Rhode Island School of Design, Beal's Manhattan apartment was furnished with custom designs and antiques, some used as prototypes for contemporary furniture by design luminaries including close friend John Vesey

Good, some oxidation and loss to silvered glass, minor gilt and paint loss