Antique Neoclassical Tall Carved Giltwood Mirror

Likely French, circa 1800, unmarked, carved wood with gesso and gilt, featuring an ornate pediment with central urn on pedestal issuing spiraled arms with foliate and floral elements, lower cornucopia and floral branch ears and central floral blossom, all surrounding a long rectangular frame with swept key patterned relief.

Approximately 80 x 33 x 7 in.

From the Estate of the late Mr. Oscar E. Menzer, Memphis, Tennessee. Oscar was a renowned architect and Yale graduate who studied under the greats: Eero Saarinen, Philip Johnson and Louis Kahn; designing 100s of the most beautiful homes of Memphis.

Later mirror glass; scattered chips, cracks, and several repairs to the pediment and apron elements, as well as chipping and associated later gilt touch up.

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