George III Chinese Chippendale Rococo Giltwood Girandole Mirror

A fine and rare George III Chinese Chippendale mahogany silver table. Having cluster column legs with cruciform low relief ornament a...

A fine mid-18th-century rich mahogany George III card table raised on cabriole legs with ball and claw feet, scallop shells carved in high relief on all four legs with swags, support...

George III Chippendale period mahogany breakfront bookcase. Having a moulded and dentilled cornice above a fluted frieze, enclosed by a pair of glazed doors flanked by fluted and st...

A fine mid-18th-century mahogany tripod table with rare square top with carved rope detail to the sides supported on a birdcage tilt-top mechanism with original circular brass catch,...

An exceptional pair of mid-18th century carved and water gilt wall brackets profusely carved with acanthus leaves and swags of plump roses, ripe fruits, harebells and flower heads. ...

A magnificent pair of late 18th century George III giltwood wall brackets fashioned as bunches of lilies suspended below festoons of 7...

In the style of Robert Adam. Urn form finial with leaf tip swags and scrolls over an oval beveled mirror and a pair of candle arms flanked by leaves and seed pods terminating on urns...

Pair of 19th century George III Style Giltwood and composition Girandole Wall Brackets. A ribbon and bow of gold above a carved urn with gold foilate sweeping down to oval mirror abo...

An outstanding Chinese Chippendale carved giltwood girandole, this lovely and entrancing piece is carved in the chinoiserie style, the asymmetric form echoed by the skewed setting of...

George III period wall mirror in gesso and giltwood. The mirror features ornately carved foliage and a lyre-shaped frame with gilt swags encasing an antique mirror with original pati...

Gilt and carved wood Chinese Chippendale beveled mirror. Chinoiserie style giltwood frame with central Ho Ho bird at top.

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...