Large Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Giltwood Crested Wall Mirror 1850 Sold was a celebrated French novelist

was a celebrated French novelist & poet born in Paris

The lid having a fruiting finial

Gothenburg Museum of Art and many major European and North American museums & galleries

The base having an organic form of decoration with a shallow shelf and inlaid with three floral tiles

Schneider's work was exhibited at the 1925 Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes

Large Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Giltwood Crested Wall Mirror 1850 Sold was a celebrated French novelistSOLD A good large 19th century antique French giltwood Louis XVI crested mirror, circa 1850. The mirror having a large scrolled crest flanked with fruiting foliate, the outside border having an egg & dart frieze, to the top corners are a pair of oval floral motifs, the interior frame having a beaded border. The mirror plate is a 20th century replacement, the silvered mirror surface is in excellent condition, the mirror frame is also in very good