Large Louis Xv style gilded wood scrolled MIRROR with glazing beads

Important rocaille mirror with carved, molded and gilded wood glazing. The decor is decorated with garlands of flowers, acanthus leaves, scrolls and as well as roses and shells. The large scrollwork glazing beads add more movement to this baroque mirror from the second half of the 19th century. The mirror can be hung or used as a mantel mirror.

What characterizes the Louis XV style?

The Louis XV style, also known as the Rocaille style, was inspired by the Italian Baroque and the rock motifs created in bronze and earthenware in the early 18th century. The Rocaille style, with its elegant, refined curves, developed mainly between 1730 and 1760. Ornamentalists turned away from order and symmetry in favor of capricious curves and rocaille elements.

Circa: 1860

Dim: W: 90cm, D: 5cm, H: 140cm.
Dim: W: 35,4in, D: 2in, H: 55,1in.

Condition report: Very good condition. Gilding marks.