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Sun mirror
Gilbert Poillerat,
Gilbert Poillerat,
Gilbert Poillerat,
Gilbert Poillerat,
Gilbert Poillerat,

Gilbert Poillerat French, 1902-1988

"Sun" Mirror, Circa 1948
Exceptional “Sun” mirror with fifty-six original gold leaf decorated rays and a gently curving circular face
The piece retains its original mercury-aged mirror
Diameter: 36.2 in.
Only three examples are known

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Provenance

Private collection, Switzerland

Literature

A variation appears in:

“Art et Industrie,“ January 1949 p. 34

Similar model illustrated in:

“Gilbert Poillerat, maître ferronnier,” by François Baudot, ed. Charles Moreaux, 1992, p. 206

An in situ view of a similar mirror is in Gilbert Poillerat’s bedroom, Galerie Lefebvre archives.

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