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
The piece retains its original mercury-aged mirror
Diameter: 36.2 in.
Only three examples are known
Further images
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.