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No. 061 · Mirrors & giltwood
Carved giltwood crest
An architectural fragment of acanthus scrollwork in water gilding over gesso. Hangs alone.
$150
Buy it nowAsk about this pieceThe only one we have. Once it sells it comes off the shop and stays in the archive.
- Period
- 19th century
- Measures
- 30 in. across
- Condition
- Losses to the gilding throughout, showing red bole beneath. Not restored.
- Provenance
- A private estate, Northern Virginia
History
Crests like this came off the top of a mirror, a bed or an overdoor. The red showing through the worn gold is bole, the clay ground laid down before the leaf — on a reproduction there is nothing underneath but paint.
Collection & delivery
Collect in person by arrangement, or have it carried in across Great Falls, McLean, Potomac, Washington DC and the surrounding areas. Anything outside that, ask — it usually can be done. How delivery works.
