A 19thC Gilt Gesso Girandole Mirror c.1870

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A 19thC Gilt Gesso Girandole Mirror c.1870Origin: English Period: Mid Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 Height: 27 Width: 15. 5 Depth: 5. 5 (all at extremities) The high Victorian gilt gesso girandole mirror of serpentine outline with scroll decorated crest set with metal sconces and a very well established patination and texture, surviving from the third quarter of nineteenth century England. The girandole has just about as much character and patination as you could hope for

backgrounds to each composition and this particular example is certainly at the height of whimsy

Leonard Insull died in 1974

This is rather unashamedly gaudy

really hard

75” square

Cheiro had a wide following of famous European and American clients during the late 19th and early 20th centuries

muse of dance and lyric poetry

Five for silver

with one larger chip to the top right section

minor scuffs to the paintwork

the giltwood carcasses being untouched and distressed with age

There are aspects of some of this group that look like a set in the National Puppetry Archive called The Glennie’s Royal marionettes which were also predominantly papier-mâché though many of those had very sculpted heads

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