A Large French Gesso Faux Bois & Floral Carved Oval Wall Mirror c.1875-90 reserved The Largest: 6” diameter

The Largest: 6” diameter

the front cartouche with remnants of the word ‘Homer’ and surviving from the second quarter of the twentieth century

Adapted from a poem by Florence Page Jaques

till we thought it advisable to stop

and enhanced with glass reeds

A Large French Gesso Faux Bois & Floral Carved Oval Wall Mirror c.1875-90 reserved The Largest: 6” diameterOrigin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd RepublicProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1875 90Height: 47"Width: 37"Depth: 5"The large and wonderfully decorative stained plaster and gesso faux bois and floral crested mirror, at nigh on four feet high, the original (?) oval mercury glass mirror plate now beautifully clouded and foxed with age, encased by simulated naturalistic wood, each bound together with simulated rope, to a large floral spray with flower heads to the top