Baroque Mirror In Gilded Wood, Rome, Louis XIV.

Splendid gilded wood mirror, Rome, Baroque period. Internal edge carved with myrtle garland, palmettes and rolled ribbon. Friezes and large twisted acanthus leaves, volutes and flowers at the high corners.

Era: Louis XIV (1680-1740)

Origin: Rome

Material: golden wood frame, mercury mirror

Measurements and materials

Materials:
Frame: this is wood covered with pure gold leaf. Not to be confused with the "Mecca" one, invented by the Neapolitans around the 17th century and composed of silver "dyed" with pigments from China. And from the "imitation" one, invented starting from the 19th century and composed of an alloy of copper, brass and zinc.

Mirror: mercury glass (in use at the time)

Dimensions:

Light: 23 X 19 cm

Dimensions: 72 x 58 cm