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Lot 3271
Continental Neo-Classical giltwood pier mirror
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Description
19th c., carved laurel crest over a verre eglomise panel depicting an urn issuing flowers, over a rectangular mirror plate, 44.5"h x 23"w
Condition
Good/fair, central mirrored glass appears to be replaced, multiple repairs to crest, new back, very minor finish losses to frame
Provenance
Estate of Louis Beal, NYC
Literature
Louis Beal was founder of legendary NYC interior architecture firm Interior Space Design (ISD). A student of Walter Gropius, an early apprentice of Florence Knoll, inductee into the Interior Design Hall of Fame, and life trustee of Rhode Island School of Design, Beal's Manhattan apartment was furnished with custom designs and antiques, some used as prototypes for contemporary furniture by design luminaries including close friend John Vesey
