Fine Antique French Gilded Mahogany Ormolu Napoleonic Empire Cheval Mirror 1815 Paintings the top with curved sides

the top with curved sides

circa 1840

painted about 1623

The base also has two impressed decorator's marks

and inspired by

Fine Antique French Gilded Mahogany Ormolu Napoleonic Empire Cheval Mirror 1815 Paintings the top with curved sidesSOLD A very fine antique French 1st Empire Napoleonic period mahogany and ormolu monted cheval mirror, circa 1815. The mirror with a stepped top and removeable wooden gilded gesso cornice, above a rectangular mahogany panel mounted with a gilt bronze roundel with gilt bronze fern leaves. To each side is a pair Doric columns with gilded bases and capitals, centering a swivel beveled glass mirror that is elegantly framed within a mahogany frame with