ID 1134600
Lot 26 | AN EMPIRE GILTWOOD PICTURE FRAME
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 8 000
ATTRIBUTED TO DELPORTE FRERES, CIRCA 1805-1813
Now fitted
as a mirror, the rectangular frame carved with a scrolling foliate motif punctuated by Napoleonic bees and centred by the French imperial eagle, the angles enriched with the thunderbolt of Jupiter, the inner slip carved with lamb's tongue motif, surrounding an associated bevelled mirror plate, regilt
28 ¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 37 in. (94 cm.) wide
Provenance
By repute, Elisa Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Princess of Lucca.
Acquired from Antichita Bacarelli, August 2015.
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