A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN GITLWOOD MIRRORS19TH CENTURYOf cartouche shape, each with shaped divided plates and mirrored borders, the aprons carved with female portrait masks wearing feathered headdresses, the shaped sides with female terms holding bunches of flowers and acanthus scrolls, the cresting each with a tasselled canopy suspending drapery swags and surmounted by two peasant figures wearing hats, resting on acanthus scrolls, Each 106cm high, 70cm wideProvenance:Sold Christie's house sale, 'Sacombe Park, near Ware, Hertfordshire', 11 October 1993, lot 73.The design is possibly inspired by the work of Jean Bérain (1640-1711), who featured a garlanded baldacchino in his representation of Pallas-Athena, flanked by two putti, Eros and Anteros, a scene symbolic of 'Love's triumph'. A pair of related mirrors sold Christie's, New York, 20 November 1997, lot 239 (USD 21,850 inc. premium).