Mirror, ca. 1710, German, Augsburg, Oak and pine veneered with tortoiseshell, silver, silver gilt, and green-stained ivory; mirror glass, Overall: 78 7/8 × 39 3/4 in. (200.3 × 101 cm), Woodwork-Furniture, This sumptuous mirror beautifully evokes the wealth of silver furnishings at the Versailles of Louis XIV (1638–1715) and, to a lesser extent, at other European Baroque palaces.[1] Well documented in contemporary descriptions, the 167 pieces of silver furniture in Louis's state rooms, as counted by a Swedish architect, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (1654–1728), were mostly made at the Manufacture Royale des Meubles de la Couronne at the Hôtel des Gobelins, in Paris
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Mirror, ca, 1710, German, Augsburg, Oak, pine veneered, tortoiseshell, silver, silver gilt, green-stained ivory, mirror glass, Overall, 78 7/8, 39 3/4, 200.3, 101 cm, Woodwork-Furniture, sumptuous, mirror, beautifully, evokes, wealth, furnishings, Versailles, Louis XIV, 1638–1715, lesser extent, European Baroque, palaces., 1, Well, documented, contemporary descriptions, 167 pieces, furniture, Louis, state rooms, counted, Swedish architect, Nicodemus Tessin, Younger, 1654–1728, mostly, Manufacture Royale, des, Meubles, de, la, Couronne, Hôtel des, Gobelins, Paris
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