Gilded and carved wood mirror decorated with a large asymmetrical shell framed with scrolls of acanthus leaves. The uprights are carved with flowers and leaves scrolling on the crosspiece. The lower crosspiece is decorated in the center with a large shell from which two large acanthus leaves rise on the sides. Mercury mirror. Louis XV period. Height : 110 cm - Width : 68 cm This asymmetrical style draws its inspiration from nature, from the mineral world and especially from conchyliology with its representations of jagged shells with stylized veins and stripes.

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