A Large French Giltwood Overmantle Mirror c.1880 antiques inset seats began to replace

inset seats began to replace solid wooden bases and the chairs were made commercially by local craftsmen such as David Kirkness

The condition the thick card stock is still in good order

This portrait shows a distinct turn away from the more traditional and would have been a fresh perspective at the time with the sitter in profile and the colours that have been used

that is hard to remove

A Large French Giltwood Overmantle Mirror c.1880 antiques inset seats began to replaceOrigin: French Period: 3rd Republic Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 Height: 63 Depth: 2. 5 Width: 47 The large and wonderfully decorative overmantle mirror, at over five feet high, having the original heavy mercury glass plate surrounded by an acanthus giltwood and gesso frame to a gadrooned border terminating in a naturalistic scrolled shell cresting, the whole surviving from 3rd republic France. The original mirror plate has attractive foxing,