Sold for $5,000

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

A Swedish Neoclassical Parcel-Gilt, Églomisé and Porphyry Console and Mirror

IN THE MANNER OF PETTER GUSTAF BYLANDER, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Mounted with glass panels reverse-painted to simulate black porphyry, with red porphyry top.

Height overall 112 1/2 x width 57 1/4 x depth 29 inches. Height of console 29 1/2 x length 57 1/4 x depth 29 5/8 inches; height of mirror 79 1/2 x width 62 1/2 inches.

Provenance:
By repute, Ariane Dandois, Paris.

Condition Report

Repair to one verre eglomise panel at the base of the mirror; minor losses to gilding, otherwise good condition.

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