18th Century Mirror with the Virgin Mary Fixed Under Glass

Painting fixed under glass is a unique technique because the work is created on the back of the glass. While on a canvas, the composition is sketched in broad strokes, then flat areas of color are applied, gradually finishing with the details, in reverse glass painting, the procedure is reversed. Unlike the normal technique, which involves painting the details (the nose, eyes, flowers) before the background (the face, the landscape), the viewer must view the finished work on the unpainted side of the glass plate.

Flat desk, Regency period, 18th century

Large flat desk, all black lacquered sides opening with three drawers in a row. It rests on nicely curved legs enhanced with a decoration of bronzes with heads of figures and hooves, top covered in old brown leather surrounded by wood and an ingot mold.

Regency period, 18th century

France

Rococo screen, 18th century

Large six-leaf screen in painted canvas, panels decorated with a motif inspired by Chinoiserie, as was fashionable in the mid-18th century, reverse decorated with simple trompe l’oeil panels.