Art nouveau leather repousse hand mirror. German.

An intriguing leather repousse hand mirror.

Very nice and highly detailed scenery of a lady brushing her hair.
In background, a famous romantic poem by Heinrich Heine famous poet : "die Lorelei"
"....Und das hat mit ihrem Singen Die Lorelei getan...."
"....And this by her song's sheer power Fair Lorelei has done...."

Full poem and translation : http://poemsintranslation.blogspot.com/2009/11/heinrich-heine-lorelei-from-german.html

Probably german. Circa 1880/1900

h 26.5cm w 14.5cm