Fine Antique French Gilded Mahogany Ormolu Napoleonic Empire Cheval Mirror 1815 Recently Added He ran once as a

He ran once as a two-year-old at the Doncaster's Champagne Stakes

the sides of the case are engraved with floral decoration

This lowboy is in good period condition

Juan de'Prey has left as a legacy the achievement of an outsider artist and immigrant who made success as an artist in New York City and continuously and admirably pursued his dream of being an artist and creating works despite having hard work laborious jobs throughout his young life

Hermann Frobenius (1871-1954)

Fine Antique French Gilded Mahogany Ormolu Napoleonic Empire Cheval Mirror 1815 Recently Added He ran once as aSOLD 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