A Fine Regency Period Gilt Gesso & Ebonised Egyptian Revival Overmantle Mirror c.1810 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Journey to the West”

Journey to the West”

now a super little display piece

The learning plate is in good overall order with some creases that would eventually drop out and some light fading to the paper

Width: 4 inches (at shoulders)

“Sweep and the Whitewasher”

A Fine Regency Period Gilt Gesso & Ebonised Egyptian Revival Overmantle Mirror c.1810 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Journey to the West”Origin: English Period: Regency Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1805 15 Height: 23. 25 inches Width: 53 inches Depth: 6. 5 inches (at maximum) The Regency period gilt gesso and ebonised overmantel mirror with the heavy silvered glass divided into three fielded plates by ebonised reeded slip under a shaped pediment adorned with corvetto balls, the flanks with fluted pilasters under Egyptian Sphinx busts and feet. The condition of the mirror is evocative