Description:

A SWEDISH EMPIRE PARCEL GILT AND EBONIZED WOOD PIER MIRROR AND CONSOLE, BY JONAS FRISKS, STOCKHOLM, CIRCA 1810-1814, the two rectangular beveled mirror plates within a leaf tip border and frame of finely detailed rope-tied fruit clusters ending in maiden's masks flanking bands of paterae and foliate pendants, surmounted by a spread-winged swan flanked by bow-tied ribbons suspending graduated bead swags, beneath a pointed pediment of egg-and-dart over paterae; raised above a gray marble inset rectangular console table with a frieze of paterae and palmettes over dolphin supports and a conforming plinth. NOTE: The reverse of the mirror centers an old printed paper label of an acanthus wrapped beaded oval frame enclosing the following: Jon Frisks, SPEGEL=FABRIK Huset No 76-77. vid Stora Kyrko Brincken Stockholm. Jonas Frisks (Swedish 1787-1849), was a Stockholm craftsman who in 1805 was granted the right to produce mirrors by the Kommerskollegium and eventually ran a prosperous enterprise employing up to 14 craftsmen. From 1810-1814 his workshop was located at the Storkyrkobrinken where this mirror and console were made. His final location was at the Riddarhustorget from 1814-1825. Height: 103 1/2" Width: 38" Depth: 12 1/4"

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May 18, 2014 1:00 PM CDT
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