Ref: 2502
A Fine Wig Box "Coffret a perrugues
Ref: 2502
A Fine Wig Box "Coffret a perrugues
Circa 1720
11 x 30 x 22.8 cm (4³/₈ x 11³/₄ inches)
11 x 30 x 22.8 cm (4³/₈ x 11³/₄ inches)
Literature:
Monika Kopplin, European Lacquer Art, Selected Works, Münster 1998,p. 92, p. 93 ill., p. 94 ill.
Vernis Martin - French Lacquer in the 18th Century
Monika Kopplin/Anne Forray Carlier, Hirmer Verlag GmbH, Munich 2013
Exhibition:
Museum of Lacquer Art, MünsterMuseum of Applied Arts, Cologne
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Description: Hardwood with a two-layer vermillion lacquer finish, red glaze, and engraved gold leaf decoration (gold graffiti), finally covered with clear varnish. The interior is finished in bronze, and the fittings are made of brass.
Fantastic landscape scene with vine ornamentation, and the edges are framed with a serrated frieze.
Fantastic landscape scene with vine ornamentation, and the edges are framed with a serrated frieze.
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A Fine Wig Box "Coffret a perrugues