18th Century Venetian Giltwood Girandoles

This romantic pair of girandoles are outlined in royal blue scrolled frames, detailed with pastel rosettes and glass leaves. The mirror plates are etched with a tale of romance. The ...

This incredibly rare pair of Louis XV-period giltwood mirrored girandoles capture the grandeur, grace and opulence of the Rococo movement in the decorative arts. Each opulent mirror is exquisitely framed with voluminous flourishes of naturalistic motifs exemplary of the Louis XV era’s organic, deliberately asymmetrical stylings. Holding four candles each, these outstanding mirrored girandoles would have decoratively flanked a room of the period elegantly, illuminating the giltwood lustrously and providing ambient light reflected in the mirrored glass. Mirrors have long played an integral role in decorative design, often serving as focal points of a room. Dating back to the 13th century, the first French looking glasses were very small, yet enormously precious. Because these early mirrors...

A large-scale, completely original pair of hand-carved, gessoed and 22k gold gilded Venetian crest form mirrors featuring foliate reliefs, flags and dramatic crowns comprised of batt...

19th century pair of neoclassical style giltwood rectangular girandoles. Later adapted for electricity. The frieze with carved tied ribbon and carved acanthus leaves flanked by class...

This is a very unusual pair of late 17th or early 18th century Italian Baroque Girandoles. The girandoles feature a finely executed carved gilt wood frame that is surmounted by a fin...

These exquisite girandoles are designed in a graceful Rococo style. This style was fashionable in France in the 18th century, during the reign of Louis XV (1715-1774). Derived from t...