A Russian mahogany veneered ormolu-mounted cheval mirror. - image-1
A Russian mahogany veneered ormolu-mounted cheval mirror. - image-2
A Russian mahogany veneered ormolu-mounted cheval mirror. - image-1A Russian mahogany veneered ormolu-mounted cheval mirror. - image-2

Lot 1173 Dα

A Russian mahogany veneered ormolu-mounted cheval mirror.

Auction 1056 - overview Cologne
13.11.2015, 14:30 - Porcelain, Ceramics, Furniture, Bronzes, Carpets
Estimate: 9.000 € - 10.000 €

A Russian mahogany veneered ormolu-mounted cheval mirror.

A Russian mahogany veneered ormolu-mounted cheval mirror. With inventory label of Anitschkow palace in St. Petersburg and marked "1116" to the reverse. The mirror glass replaced. H 210, W 107.5, D 45 cm.
1st quarter 19th C.

Provenance

Originally Anitschkow palace, St. Petersburg.
Purchased from Bernheimer of Munich in the late 1970s.

Literature

On cheval mirrors in general, cf.: Samoyault, Mobilier francais Consulat et Empire, Paris 2009, p. 231 ff.