Grotta Marina grotto shell mirror, gilded frame with shells, starfish, seahorses, coral and crabs
Grotto Shell Mirror Grotta Marina - Gilded Venetian Mirror
Grotto Shell Mirror Grotta Marina - Gilded Venetian Mirror
Grotto Shell Mirror Grotta Marina - Gilded Venetian Mirror
Grotto Shell Mirror Grotta Marina - Gilded Venetian Mirror
Grotto Shell Mirror Grotta Marina - Gilded Venetian Mirror
Grotto Shell Mirror Grotta Marina - Gilded Venetian Mirror

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Grotto Shell Mirror Grotta Marina - Gilded Venetian Mirror

Sale price€2.200,00
SKU: KS0013
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Pickup available at Showroom Amsterdam Usually ready in 2-4 days

Grotto Shell Mirror Grotta Marina - Gilded Venetian Mirror

Showroom Amsterdam

Pickup available, usually ready in 2-4 days

Hekelveld 1
1012 SN Amsterdam
Netherlands

+31633931813

Warehouse Bleiswijk

Pickup available, usually ready in 2-4 days

Overbuurtseweg 6
2665 CA Bleiswijk
Netherlands

+31639331813

The Grotta Marina (KS0013) is a mirror 184 cm high, carved and painted entirely by hand in solid wood. The frame is densely set with shells, starfish, seahorses, branching coral, a crab, and a sea turtle, each one carved separately and finished in champagne-gold gilding with warm bronze accents.

The forms draw on the Rococo, where rocaille, ornament inspired by shells, rockwork, grottoes, and flowing natural shapes, was central. In the nineteenth century this imagery flowered again in the Italian grotto furniture tradition: fanciful pieces and mirrors that seemed to be built from shells, coral, and sea creatures.

With its generous scale, the Grotta Marina needs a wall with room to breathe: an entrance hall, a high-ceilinged living room, a boutique hotel, or a luxurious bathroom. Its maritime subject also makes it well suited to a house by the sea, a coastal residence, or a smart seafood restaurant.

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