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A NORTH ITALIAN ROCOCO GRAY BLUE AND RED-PAINTED MIRROR Veneto, circa 1750 The plates in...

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A NORTH ITALIAN ROCOCO GRAY BLUE AND RED-PAINTED MIRROR    Veneto, circa 1750 The plates in...
A NORTH ITALIAN ROCOCO GRAY BLUE AND RED-PAINTED MIRROR

Veneto, circa 1750 The plates in three sections, within a frame with scroll, rocaille and shell ornament, the central plate within shell-decorated dividers set at the bottom with large pierced shell crestings, the upper plate set with a shaped divider surmounted by a shell-decorated cresting 98 X 63 IN. (249 X 160 CM)

$40,000-60,000

It is worth noting in this mirror the curious influence of the designs of Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779) whose The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director was first published in London in 1754