Interior Decoration > Overmantels and mirrors

19th century trumeau with 18th century painting of putti  (Reference 9460)

19th_century_trumeau_with_18th_century_painting_of_putti_.jpg
  • 19th century trumeau with 18th century painting of putti
  • 19th century trumeau with 18th century painting of putti
  • 19th century trumeau with 18th century painting of putti
  • 19th century trumeau with 18th century painting of putti
  • 19th century trumeau with 18th century painting of putti
  • 19th century trumeau with 18th century painting of putti
  • 19th century trumeau with 18th century painting of putti
  • 19th century trumeau with 18th century painting of putti
  • 19th century trumeau with 18th century painting of putti
  • 19th century trumeau with 18th century painting of putti
  • 19th century trumeau with 18th century painting of putti
  • 19th century trumeau with 18th century painting of putti

Download printable PDF version

Trumeau in the Louis XVI style from the 19th century with a grisaille on marouflaged paper representing a putti scene dating from the 18th century. In a gilded frame with round flowers in the corners, the putti are busy harvesting wheat, reaping, threshing and gathering the grain,while two of them fight over a gourd of water. The lower part of the overmantel has a mirror framed with a sequence of carved and gilded friezes of pearls, curlicue foliage and topped by a scroll that links the upper and lower parts of the whole trumeau composition.

Origin

France 19th century. The painting is late 18th century.

Dimensions

Width Height Innerwidth Innerheight
4' 3'' ⅛
130cm		 6' 11'' ½
212cm		 3' 5'' ⅜
105cm		 4' 1'' ⅝
126cm

Additional information

Grisaille is a monochrome painting technique similar to the “chiaroscuro” or clear-dark, that uses all the nuances of a single color to imitate marble, stone or bronze reliefs.

Condition

Good general condition. On the left : a crease in the marouflage. Both of the sides of the a painting were extended to fit the frame - see close up picture 5.

Stock venue

Warehouse in Saint Ouen