Ref: 518
Nordic Wall Mirror
Johann Akerblad
Ref: 518
Nordic Wall Mirror
Johann Akerblad
Circa 1790
126 x 48 cm (49⁵/₈ x 18⁷/₈ inches)
Monogrammed: J.A.
126 x 48 cm (49⁵/₈ x 18⁷/₈ inches)
Monogrammed: J.A.
Literature: Sigurd Wallin, Nordiska Museets Möbler Fran Svenska Herremanshem, Vol. III, Lund 1979, p. 169, ill. 1237, p. 172, ill. 1246
Description: Carved frame, gold-leafed mount on a red bolus ground. Original beveled mirror glass.
Upright rectangular frame with a side groove. The edge is decorated with a surrounding frieze, while the mirror surface is framed by a continuous beaded rod. The upper frame is surmounted by an openwork crest decorated with floral motifs. Set into the center of this is a round medallion, whose colored ground is applied with a figurative relief. This arrangement is crowned by foliage with adjoining festoons.
A longitudinally rectangular field with fine ornamental engraving and flanking laurel leaves completes the lower frame.
Upright rectangular frame with a side groove. The edge is decorated with a surrounding frieze, while the mirror surface is framed by a continuous beaded rod. The upper frame is surmounted by an openwork crest decorated with floral motifs. Set into the center of this is a round medallion, whose colored ground is applied with a figurative relief. This arrangement is crowned by foliage with adjoining festoons.
A longitudinally rectangular field with fine ornamental engraving and flanking laurel leaves completes the lower frame.
Johann Akerblad
Johan Åkerblad (1728–1799) was a Stockholm master mirror maker whose pieces exemplify Swedish Rococo and early Gustavian taste. His signed giltwood mirrors and girandoles are valued for carved ornament, burnished gilding, crowned “IÅ” stamps, Stockholm hallmarks and theatrical crests with ribbons, laurel, rocailles or medallions, turning functional glass into refined decorative architecture for aristocratic, elegant eighteenth-century Swedish interiors.
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