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19th Century French Gilded Gesso 15x21 Picture Frame
Located in Hallowell, US
19th century French Gilded Gesso picture frame. 15.5x21 French 1870 Gilded Gesso picture frame
Category

Antique 19th Century French Baroque Picture Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

Exquisite Regency Circa 1810-1820 Gilded Gesso Mirror Hand Carved Large Eagle
Located in GB
gilded gesso wall mirror with oversized eagle top This is a very decorative and beautifully carved
Category

Antique 1810s English Regency Wall Mirrors

Materials

Mirror

18th Century Rococo Mirror in Glass And Gilded Gesso Ireland Circa 1740
Located in Hudson, NY
18th century Irish looking glass made with gilded gesso and glass moldings. It is a highly unusual
Category

Antique 1740s Northern Irish Rococo Wall Mirrors

Materials

Gold Leaf

American 24x33 inch Hudson River Gilded Gesso Picture Frame Circa 1875
Located in Hallowell, US
Gilded Gesso Picture Frame, American, 1875. Rabbet Dimensions: 24" x 33.5" Frame profile: 5
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Antique Late 19th Century American American Classical Picture Frames

Materials

Gold Leaf

Gilded Gesso Florentine Italian Rococo Mirror circa 1860
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
. Carved gesso and in decent condition for its age. Measures 24 wide x 28 tall x 2 inches thick. Dates to
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Antique 1860s Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors

Materials

Gesso, Fruitwood

19th Century French Oval gilded wall mirror.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality French 19th Century gilded gesso wall mirror, with classical scrolling foliate
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Antique 19th Century French Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Gesso

19th Century French Oval gilded wall mirror.
19th Century French Oval gilded wall mirror.
H 55.12 in W 33.86 in D 4.73 in
Antique 19th Century English Regency Gesso Pier Mirror C.1820
Located in London, GB
ageing. The gilded gesso frame with some distressing, wear to top right corner, and evidence of historic
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Antique 19th Century English Regency Wall Mirrors

Materials

Gesso

Antique English School 19th Century Watercolor, Garden Pergola
Located in New Orleans, LA
beautiful colors of brick, green, tan and grey. Presented in a gilded gesso and wood frame.
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Decorative Art

Materials

Gesso, Glass, Wood, Paper

Pair Still Life Oil Paintings by Oliver Clare
By Oliver Clare 1
Located in Brighton, Sussex
Clare’ Set in gilded gesso frames.
Category

Antique 19th Century English Paintings

Materials

Paint

Oil on canvas Sea Scape by W. Williamson
By H. Williamson, Ltd.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
/Canvas, signed lower left, gilded gesso frame. Batch 73 C/C DDKAE 61968
Category

Antique 19th Century English Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paint

Oil on canvas Sea Scape by W. Williamson
Oil on canvas Sea Scape by W. Williamson
H 35.44 in W 55.91 in D 2.56 in
Italian, Lucca, Empire Period Silver Gilt / Mecca 12-light Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
gilded gesso bands of ascending diameter, the top tier having beautifully sculpted and decorated acanthus
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Antique Early 1800s Italian Empire Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Silver Leaf

Pair of Louis XVI Style Mirrors with Original Gild and Paint Detail
Located in Carmel, CA
molding on the fourth side. The water gilded gesso is in deep relief. The mercury glass is two part and
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors

Materials

Gesso, Glass, Wood

Fine Quality Gilded Carved Gesso Victorian Style Mirror Circa 1960
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
. There will be times when additional patience will be necessary. This is a gorgeous gilded gesso and
Category

Vintage 1960s English Victorian Wall Mirrors

Materials

Gesso, Mirror, Fruitwood

Large Continental Gilt Parlor Mirror, 20th Century
Located in Southampton, NY
, gilded gesso. Two available, sold separately. Loss to gilt and small chips to frame have broken off in
Category

Mid-20th Century European Wall Mirrors

Materials

Giltwood

Exceptional 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Parquetry and Marquetry Commode
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
. The original hand shaped sienna marble-top set within a gilded gesso molding, overtop a case decorated
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Commodes and Chests of Dr...

Materials

Siena Marble

Chickens in a Farmyard - Large 19th Century French Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
. Excellent quality work, presented in its original oak frame with gilded gesso decoration. Signed lower right
Category

Late 19th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century Panel Mirror
Located in New York, NY
carved, painted, and gilded gesso over wood. Each section eloquently adorned surmounted by flower filled
Category

Antique 1810s Italian Wall Mirrors

Materials

Wood

19th Century Panel Mirror
19th Century Panel Mirror
H 56.5 in W 70 in D 2 in
Arthur Wardle, 'Midday rest'
By Arthur Wardle
Located in Brighton, Sussex
' Mounted in a carved and gilded gesso frame. Arthur Wardle was an English painter. Born in London, aged
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Antique Late 19th Century English Paintings

Materials

Paint

Arthur Wardle, 'Midday rest'
Arthur Wardle, 'Midday rest'
H 27.96 in W 35.83 in D 1.58 in
Early 19th C Gold Mirror Petite, Louis XVI Style
Located in Hastings, GB
An early 19th century mirror petite, in the Louis XVI style, Circa 1830 Gilded gesso over carved
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Antique 1830s French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors

Materials

Wood

Fine Antique 19th Century French Rococo Gilded 8 Day Clock Sevres Porcelain 1830
Located in Portland, OR
sounding the hours and half hour on a bell. The clock is housed in an extravagant gilded gesso Rococo style
Category

Antique 1830s French Rococo Mantel Clocks

Materials

Gold Leaf

Stunning French Empire Gilt Brass and Black Lacquer Wall Mirror
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
and gilded gesso This is a very lovely piece it is in good condition for its age, it has very minor
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Antique Late 19th Century French Provincial Wall Mirrors

Materials

Lacquer

18th C Tall Gold Baroque Altar Pricket Candlestick
Located in Hastings, GB
A remarkable 18th century German Baroque church altar candlestick, carved wood and gilded gesso
Category

Antique 1760s German Baroque Candlesticks

Materials

Wood

Antique Flemish Oil on Panel Francois Backvis Shepherd Sheep Flock Painting 1880
By François Backvis
Located in Portland, OR
is housed in a gilded gesso frame. Framed: 23.25" tall x 28" wide x 1.5" deep At Site: 18" tall x
Category

Late 19th Century Flemish School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Irish Regency Centre Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
gilded gesso decoration, as was very popular in the early 19th Century. The base is comprised of
Category

Antique Early 19th Century British Regency Center Tables

Materials

Marble

Irish Regency Centre Table
Irish Regency Centre Table
H 27.96 in W 52.17 in D 29.73 in
19th Century Oil Portrait of Two Sisters With Their Dog c.1870
Located in San Francisco, CA
setting. Buildings of the town can be seen far off in the distance. Housed in a lovely hand crafted gilded
Category

Mid-19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

An Outstanding 1950's Italian Cross Sword and Gilt Rope Tassel Wall Light
Located in Hastings, GB
and tassel to the front, the three lamp holders in turned wood with applied gilded gesso finish. This
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Empire Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Metal

Antique Georgian Regency Period Miniature Painting Portrait of a Lady 1810
Located in Portland, OR
housed in the original gilded gesso & limewood frame. The painting depicts a curious young lady with her
Category

Antique Early 1800s English Regency Paintings

Materials

Paint

Early 18th Century French Regence Floral Giltwood Mirror
Located in Berlin, DE
oil gilded gesso carved background. The finely gesso carved details that are typical for the Regence
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Antique Early 18th Century French Régence Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace M...

Materials

Giltwood, Mirror

Antique Napoleonic French Empire Parcel-Gilt Mahogany Wine Cabinet Armoire 1810
Located in Portland, OR
dummy drawer and fall-front, the door is flanked with a pair of Corinthian gilded gesso capitals
Category

Antique 1810s French Empire Cabinets

Materials

Bronze

Mid 19th Century Gesso Gilded French Mirror
Located in London, GB
Introducing a captivating mid-19th century gesso wooden gilded wall mirror of exquisite French
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Wall Mirrors

Materials

Velvet, Wood

Mid 19th Century Gesso Gilded French Mirror
Mid 19th Century Gesso Gilded French Mirror
H 23.63 in W 17.72 in D 2.76 in
Early 18th Century French Regence Love Symbol Giltwood Mirror
Located in Berlin, DE
, design and finish, the burnished water gilded carvings are in interplay with the matte oil gilded gesso
Category

Antique Early 18th Century French Régence Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace M...

Materials

Giltwood, Mirror

Queen Anne Triple Plate Gilded Wood and Gesso Overmantel Mirror
Located in Reepham, GB
A fine triple mercury plate gilded wood and gesso overmantel mirror, the divided silvered and
Category

Antique 19th Century European Wall Mirrors

Materials

Gesso, Wood

French Gilded Over Mantel Mirror Carved Cherub Floral Wood & Gesso Design
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th century French over mantel mirror. Gesso and carved wood frame with a floral cherub
Category

Early 20th Century French Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Wood, Gesso, Mirror

Antique Italian 19th Century Polychrome Gilded and Gesso Carved Wood Table Lamp
Located in Lincoln, GB
Antique Italian 19th Century Polychrome Gilded and Gesso Painted Carved Wood Table Lamp is a truly
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Gesso, Giltwood

Late 18th Century Color Print Engravings after Originals by Artist Henry William
By Henry William Bunbury
Located in Louisville, KY
century. Both are framed in antique gilded, gesso frames with black painting on the under surface of the
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Prints

Materials

Glass, Giltwood, Paper

Large Antique German Oil Canvas Hermann Frobenius Pre-Raphaelite Painting 1900
Located in Portland, OR
with vigorous colors on a broad canvas, it is housed in the original gilded gesso and pine frame and
Category

Early 1900s Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Georgian Gold Gesso Wall Mirror with Verre Eglomise Gilded Glass Frieze
Located in Hastings, GB
Achingly pretty Georgian period mirror, gilt-gesso surround with reeded insert around the original
Category

Antique Early 1800s English Rococo Wall Mirrors

Materials

Glass, Wood, Mirror

French Designer, Beaux Arts, Large Wall Mirror, Gilded Carved Wood, Gesso, 1890s
Located in Stamford, CT
A 19th century French gilded wood and gesso monumental wall / over the mantel mirror. If a
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Beaux Arts Wall Mirrors

Materials

Mirror

Antique Oil Painting William Weaver Armstrong Mount Hood Oregon Landscape 1885
Located in Portland, OR
gilded gesso frame. A large and fine antique oil on canvas Oregon Landscape. William Weaver Armstrong
Category

1880s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique French Oil on Canvas Barbizon School Landscape Cows Victor Binet 1875
By Victor Binet
Located in Portland, OR
background. The painting is signed lower right "V. Binet" and is housed in the original lavishly gilded gesso
Category

1870s Barbizon School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hollywood Regency Parcel Gilt & Gesso Side Chair
Located in New York, NY
scrolling shaped crest rail above a shaped x-stretcher centering a gilded trophy depicting an arrow and
Category

Antique 19th Century Hollywood Regency Side Chairs

Materials

Gesso, Giltwood

Antique Italian Oil on Panel Painting Costume Genre Dog & Beauty Franceso Vinea
By Francesco Vinea
Located in Portland, OR
housed in the original gilded gesso frame. Vinea's highest selling artwork of a beautiful young woman in
Category

1870s Italian School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Pair of Mid-20th Century Italian Giltwood & Gesso Wall Brackets Shelves
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely pair of vintage Italian gilded wood and gesso wall brackets shelves, circa 1950. These
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Wall Brackets

Materials

Giltwood, Gesso

Italian Gilded Mirror
Located in Pomona, CA
Italian wall mirror. The frame is wood. The carving is made in gesso with gold gilding.
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Wall Mirrors

Materials

Gesso, Mirror, Wood

Italian Gilded Mirror
Italian Gilded Mirror
H 42 in W 32.5 in D 1 in
Early 20th Century French Empire Gilt Gesso Lamp
Located in Harlingen, TX
An early 20th century French Empire torchère style table lamp with shade. Gilded gessoed
Category

Early 20th Century Empire Table Lamps

Materials

Metal, Gold Leaf

Victorian Gilded Wall Mirror
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
rope decorated gilded frame. This antique mirror retains its original glass, parts of original gilt
Category

Antique 1880s English Victorian Wall Mirrors

Materials

Gesso

Victorian Gilded Wall Mirror
Victorian Gilded Wall Mirror
H 56.3 in W 51.97 in D 5.91 in
Baroque Style Gilded French Armchair
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A French, hand carved, gessoed and gilded Baroque style armchair upholstered in Brunschwig and Fils
Category

20th Century French Baroque Armchairs

Materials

Gesso, Silk, Wood

Baroque Style Gilded French Armchair
Baroque Style Gilded French Armchair
H 42.25 in W 29.5 in D 31 in
French Antique Sunburst Gilded Mirror
Located in New York, NY
. The shape is carved from one piece of wood with applied circular mirrored glass set in gesso gilded
Category

Vintage 1940s French Belle Époque Sunburst Mirrors

Materials

Gesso, Wool, Mirror

Italian, 19th Century, Gilded Angel
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Beautifully hand carved, gessoed and 22-karat gold gilded, wood angel with flowing hair, extended
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Gold

Carved and Gilded Wood Column
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Italian, gilded and carved wood column with cherub faces and scrolls.
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Pedestals and Columns

Materials

Wood, Gesso

Antique Gilded Pier Mirror H160cm
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
K0606 A good 19th century gilded pier mirror or wall mirror, having original glass with some
Category

Antique 19th Century English Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors

Materials

Gesso, Pine

Antique Gilded Pier Mirror H160cm
Antique Gilded Pier Mirror H160cm
H 62.992 in W 36.614 in D 3.543 in
18th Century, Gilded, Bishop's Crest
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Relief carved, gessoed and 22-karat gold gilded, Italian bishop's crest featuring three bees amidst
Category

Antique 1770s Italian Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Gesso, Wood

18th Century, Gilded, Bishop's Crest
18th Century, Gilded, Bishop's Crest
H 23.25 in W 13.75 in D 1.75 in
Gilded Round Mirrors Sold Separately
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A grand-scale, circular, hand-carved, gessoed, and 22k gold gilded frame, inset with newer mirror
Category

20th Century American Wall Mirrors

Materials

Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood

Elegant Carved and Gilded Mirror
Located in Newport Beach, CA
A hand carved, gessoed and gilded framed mirror with floral and vine designs. Original glass with
Category

Antique 1780s Wall Mirrors

Materials

Wood, Gesso, Mirror

Elegant Carved and Gilded Mirror
Elegant Carved and Gilded Mirror
H 82.5 in W 46.5 in D 8 in
19th Century Gilt and Gesso Frame attributed to President James Polk Estate
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Early 19th century gilt and gesso picture frame. Found at an estate sale in Columbia, Tennessee
Category

Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Picture Frames

Materials

Gesso, Wood

Late 19 Century Napoleon III Rococo Style Gilt Wood and Gesso Framed Mirror
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A rare and highly unusual carved wood, gesso and gilded mirror frame in the full French Napoleon
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors

Materials

Gesso, Giltwood

George III Style Giltwood and Gesso Pier Mirror
Located in Asheville, NC
Mid 19th Century George III Style Giltwood and Gesso Pier Mirror with a spread-winged eagle crest
Category

Antique 19th Century American George III Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors

Materials

Wood

Gilded Venetian Statue of a Bishop
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Gilded and painted, wood statue of a bishop, wearing a hat in full regalia.
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Statues

Materials

Gold

18th Century Italian Carved Gilded Angels
Located in Rochester, NY
Pair of 18th century hand carved Italian angel figures w/ lutes. Beautifully aged original gilded
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Gesso, Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Elaborate Gilded and Etched Stepped Mirror
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Elaborately hand carved and gilded, stepped mirror with etched glass insets featuring floral
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors

Materials

Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood

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Gilded Gesso For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the gilded gesso you’re looking for. Frequently made of gesso, wood and glass, every gilded gesso was constructed with great care. There are 248 variations of the antique or vintage gilded gesso you’re looking for, while we also have 7 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a gilded gesso — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right gilded gesso, those designed in Rococo, Victorian and louis xv styles are of considerable interest. A well-made gilded gesso has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Tennant and Tennant, Interi and Carol Canner are consistently popular.

How Much is a Gilded Gesso?

A gilded gesso can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,227, while the lowest priced sells for $250 and the highest can go for as much as $275,000.