A Beautiful Early 19thC Italian Neoclassical Painted Wood & Gesso Trumeau Mirror c.1820-30 antiques Especially significant was Ambroise Chevalier

Especially significant was Ambroise Chevalier who moved his business to Sézanne in the north east of France in 1883

this superb collaborative work was designed to help artists essentially understand the body's mass and volume

The quality of the carving of the head suggests that this was once a highly prized object and the bellhop monkey is an utterly charming subject

There is some expected light discoloration and minor creasing to the corners

A Beautiful Early 19thC Italian Neoclassical Painted Wood & Gesso Trumeau Mirror c.1820-30 antiques Especially significant was Ambroise ChevalierOrigin: Italian Period: Early 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1820 30 Height: 61. 75 Width: 25. 5 Depth: 2. 5 (at extremities) The very pretty early nineteenth century painted pine wood and gesso trumeeau mirror, standing at over five feet, having a divided rectangular plate within a rosette, honeysuckle and palmette surround with acanthus angles all picked out in bone against a shadow blue green grey ground, surmounted by an applied frieze panel