Gilded and carved wooden mirror with mercury glass from Piedmontese manufacture

Gilded and carved wooden mirror with mercury glass from Piedmontese manufacture Dimensions: 155 x 85 cm. Period: First half of the 18th century The elegant mirror features elaborate gilded decoration with rocaille motifs along its entire length. The style is that of the first half of the eighteenth century, linked to Baroque and Rococo, exuberant, but maintaining lightness and elegance. The rocaille decoration here is composed of curves and undulations with floral elements. This type of decoration was widely used for furnishing and decorating noble rooms in the early decades of the 18th century in France and then throughout the rest of Europe.