Stunning details. H.M. Luther, Inc. - A Pair of North German Neoclassical Carved Wood Mirrors - 1stdibs
A Pair of Large Oval Carton-Pierre Mirrors
- England
- Circa 1780
“A pair of large oval Carton-Pierre mirrors with urn crestings, the handles issuing tiers of draping husks supported by scrolled foliate ornament, the glass plate having a gadrooned border, the base decorated by swaged husks and leafy fronds with apposing c scrolls.”
Available through Clinton Howell Antiques
18th Century Statuary, Sienna and Jasper Marble Chimneypiece
This chimneypiece costs more than my parents’ first home… but that hardly makes it less stunning as an object. Worth noting: the unusual use of Sicilian Jasper in the center frieze, the symmetrical-but-unique carved designs on each pilaster.





