Mirror - Wood - Venetian mirror

Type: Wall mirror with a shaped frame and undulating profile in a late Baroque/Rococo style.
Materials: Carved and gilded wood with engraved and punched botanical decoration; mirror glass with old silvering.
Measurements: Mirror 42 × 57 cm; overall dimensions 66 × 81 cm.
Description: Shaped frame with gilded scrolls and tendrils on a reddish-brown ground. The back shows old joints and construction; the mirror has widespread oxidation and losses to the silvering consistent with its age.
Condition: Fair to good for its age, with wear to the gilding, craquelure, small cracks, and oxidation of the mirror glass.
Light conservation treatment is recommended, avoiding invasive regilding.
Date: Second half of the 18th century – first decades of the 19th century, approximately 1770–1820. Tentatively attributed to the Venetian region.
Provenance: From the old private collection of the Premoli family, later Premoli Silva, a historic Lombard noble family of ancient origin; the work was preserved and passed down within the family collections over several generations, until it came into the current ownership by descent.