Mirror, Louis XV style; Spain or France, second third of the nineteenth century.

Mirror, Louis XV style; Spain or France, second third of the nineteenth century.
Carved and gilded wood.
Presents faults and losses in the gilding.
Measurements: 160 x 100 x 14 cm.
Mirror with carved and gilded wood frame of rectangular shape with curved profiles and openwork details. Its contour presents a crested pediment with vegetal and floral ornamentation in the corners, as well as in the coping. This type of mirrors were an essential ornament in the great halls of representation that, following the typical theatricality of the Baroque, were full of mirrors and candelabras that produced visual games of all kinds, in addition to enriching the room. Since they were pieces of performance furniture, they were made of richly carved and gilded wood, and their frames were decorated with a multitude of delicate motifs in relief, worked as if they were sculptures.