"Carved, Gilded Wooden Frame, Juxtaposition Of Vine Branches In Relief, Southern France, Early 19th Century"
Amazing mirror frame?, or religious frame in carved and gilded wood. High relief sculpture presenting a series of bunches of grapes and leaves on different planes. The depth effect is accentuated by the thickness of the frame. Beautiful leaf gilding, old mercury mirror, old background. Real lace sculpture, completely out of the ordinary. The vines are religious symbols in reference to immortality, eternal life, fertility, knowledge. The dove of the Holy Spirit, the chalice, the cross, the Bible reinforce the religious references. Sculpture, extremely decorative and original mirror. Work from the South of France, late 18th-early 19th century 
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