Renaissance Revival Overmantel Mirror with Pâte-sur-Pâte Plaque

Description:

Renaissance Revival Overmantel Mirror with Pâte-sur-Pâte Plaque, plaque attributed to Marc Louis Solon, 19th century, arched foliage-topped crest surmounted by an artichoke finial, over a centralized pate-sur-pate plaque of Flora, unsigned, flanked by anthemion, bellflower, and foliate motifs; the mirror framed by fleur-de-lis-topped turned pilasters decorated with ivy leading to flat pilasters toward base and terminating in sculpted corbels, ht. 81 1/2 in.

Note: A similar Flora plaque decorated by Marc Louis Solon for M. Rousseau may have been exhibited in the International Exhibition in London in 1862 and is illustrated in Bernard Bumpus, Pâte-sur-Pâte: The Art of Ceramic Relief Decoration, 1849-1992, fig. 24, pp. 54-55.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

Areas of professional restoration throughout. Crack to molding around plaque. Areas of varnish flaking, small cracks to veneer. Scattered minor nicks and abrasions. Width including frame is approximately 68 inches.


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