A polychrome painted wood mirror, South Germany, circa 1760, after designs by Franz-Xaver Habermann (1721-1796) and Georg Michel Roscher (1727-1775)
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Description
decorated with scrolling foliage, a large ajouré rococo cartouche carved with small oranges; resting on two scrolling feet
Height. 81 3/4 in, width. 47 ¼ in ; Haut. 208 cm, larg. 120 cm
Gianni Giordano collection, North Italy;
The Giordano Collection : Une Vision Muséale Part II, Sotheby's, Paris, 27 November 2024, lot 159
Related Literature
G. Child, World Mirrors, London, 1990, pp. 218-256.
H. Kreisel, Die Kunst des deutschen Möbels. Spätbarock und Rokoko, vol II, Munich, 1970, pl. 1069, 1079 and 1083, pp. 314-315.
S. Roche, Miroirs. Galeries et cabinets de glaces, Paris, 1956, pp. 34-35.
F.- X. Habermann, Ornements Rocailles, motifs divers, éléments, entourages, cartouches, ornements pour angles de plafonds, etc. etc., dans le style rocaille, inventés et dessinés, collection of prints, circa 1750.
Katalog der ornamentstichsammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek, Berlin, 1894, p. 23.
D. Guilmard, Les Maîtres ornemanistes, dessinateurs, peintres, architectes, sculpteurs et graveurs: écoles française, italienne, allemande, et des Pays-Bas (flamande & hollandaise), Paris, 1880, pp. 439-442 and p. 449.
The James A. de Rothschild bequest at Waddesdon Manor. Drawings for Architecture Design and Ornament II, Aylesbury, 2006, pp. 614-676.
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