Peter Schmuckert originally trained as a gilder in Mannheim, where he opened a workshop in 1787. He became specialized in the production of giltwood mirrors with applied gesso ornament. He enjoyed great success in Germany as well as abroad. He was commissioned in the refurbishment of the Mannheimer Schloss and the Neue Schloss Baden, see R. Stratmann-Döhler and W. Wiese, Möbel für den Fürstenhof, Sigmaringen, 1994, pp. 36-37. Schmuckert's mirrors are typically a stylist mix of Empire and earlier classical influences. Though the main form of the mirrors follow the Empire examples, it is the friezes which most readily identify his work. Typical frieze decorations of Schmuckert are oak leaves, roses, vine and grape-motifs and floral motifs. It is these 'romantic' motifs that lend a warmth to his work very unlike the formality of the French Empire.



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