Grotto Style Shell-Encrusted Oval Mirror, French circa 1950

List: $7,500

Midcentury, a dramatic & whimsical oval mirror encrusted with sea-shells in the Grotto-style,[1. “There's something about shells: their elegance, their robustness and the childlike wonder they invoke that rises above fashion.” Grotto chic: the designers creating interiors with shells
Less skilled embellishments can be flat and twee but the best creations have an ‘eccentric grittiness', Financial Times, June 23, 2023 https://www.ft.com/content/73c1cb41-ffba-4a65-8c4e-e9f2bd1dc752 ]   French circa 1950

height: 33 in. (84 cm), width: 44 in. (112 cm), depth: 2 in. (5 cm)

• Item Number: RB-102
• Country: France
• Period: 1950's
• Creation Date: Circa 1950
• Materials: Grotto style, Seashells
• Height: 33 in., 84 cm.
• Length: 112 cm., 44 in.
• Depth: 2 in., 5 cm.
• Condition: Very good