Adam Revival Late 19thC Gilt-Gesso Mirror
Located in Altrincham, GB
Adam Revival Late 19thC Gilt-Gesso Mirror - with a cresting of an urn and husk swags, 9 bevelled glass plates in beaded sections - 46"w x 44"h x 2"d
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
George II Giltwood and Gesso Mirror
Located in Woodbury, CT
George II giltwood and gesso mirror with beveled two glass parts within a lattice and flowerhead decorated border.
Gesso, Giltwood
George II Carved Giltwood And Gesso Mirror
Located in London, GB
A FINE GEORGE II CARVED GILTWOOD AND GESSO MIRROR, CIRCA 1730. With associated 18th century plate, the pedimented frame carved with scrolls and foliage on a punched ground, flanked ...
Giltwood
French Giltwood and Gesso Mirror with Mirrored Border, circa 1900
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French gilt wood and gesso mirror with mirrored border, circa 1900.
Gesso, Giltwood
Arched Italian Giltwood and Gesso Mirrors, Circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of large carved giltwood and Gesso mirrors. Each mirror has an arched mirror plate framed by foliate carved borders.
Giltwood
19th Century French Louis XVI Ebonized and Gesso Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorative 19th century French Louis XVI style ebonized and gesso mirror. Featuring a black base and with an intricate white rope pattern.
Gesso, Wood
Stunning Late 19th Century Carved Giltwood and Gesso Mirror
Located in Long Island City, NY
A stunning late 19th century carved giltwood and gesso mirror. Of oval form with sea shells and flowers along the top.
Gesso, Giltwood
A Large Napoleon III Carved Giltwood & Gesso Mirror
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Large Napoleon III Carved Giltwood & Gesso Mirror. Grand in size and decoration, this impressive Napoleon III period overmantel mirror is designed in the Louis XVI style with an ...
Gesso, Giltwood
Early 18th Century George II Period Gilt Gesso Mirror
Located in London, GB
A fine and impressive early 18th century George II period gilt gesso mirror with beveled plate, having leaf carved central carved cartouche and scrolled pediment above leaf and drape...
Mirror, Giltwood
A Beautiful Late 19th Century Carved Giltwood and Gesso Mirror
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Beautiful Late 19th Century Carved Giltwood and Gesso Mirror Of rectangular form, with fantastically hand carved floral and foliage designs.
Gesso, Glass, Giltwood
Fine Late 19th Century Carved Giltwood and Gesso Mirror
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine late 19th century carved giltwood and gesso mirror Of oval form with dove "love birds" and roses along the top and a sea shell at the base.
Giltwood
19th Century French Napoleon III Gesso Mirror with Mercury Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Stunning 19th century French Napoleon III Gesso mirror with original mercury glass. Beautiful decorative carved details in an antique gold color.
Mercury Glass, Wood
French Full Length Ornate Arch Top Wood and Gesso Mirror, 1920's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-1128 French full length wood and gesso mirror with ornate detailing.
Gesso, Hardwood, Mirror
Very Important Late 19th Century Rococo Style Giltwood and Gesso Mirror
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Very Important Late 19th Century Rococo Style Giltwood and Gesso Mirror The entire frame exceptionally carved with heavy detail.
Gesso, Wood
An Exceptional Quality Late 19th Century Carved Giltwood And Gesso Mirror
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Exceptional Quality Late 19th Century Carved Giltwood And Gesso Mirror This fantastic oval shaped mirror is centered with a large urn with flowers sitting over drapes, flanked by...
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
A Fine Late 19th Century Carved Giltwood and Gesso Mirror
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Fine Late 19th Century Carved Giltwood and Gesso Mirror The lovely oval shaped mirror is centered with a large shell crest encircled by oak leaves and acorns, flanked on either si...
Gesso, Glass, Giltwood
Antique Oval Gesso Mirror, Fruit Decor, Arts and Crafts Style, 1900
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large Oval Gesso Mirror Decorated with Fruit This Mirror has an 3.5” wide oval frame, this is intricately carved and decorated in gesso with fruit The Oval frame is in attractive s...
Gesso
A Large Regence Style Carved Giltwood and Gesso Mirror, Circa 1860
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Large Regence Style Carved Giltwood and Gesso Mirror. French, Circa 1860. This fine mirror is almost 2m in height.
Gesso, Giltwood
A Very Fine Late 19th Century Carved Giltwood And Gesso Mirror
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Very Fine Late 19th Century Carved Giltwood And Gesso Mirror Of oval form with doves “love birds” and roses over a quiver of arrows and a torch along the top.
Gesso, Glass, Giltwood
A Good Pair of Late 19th Century Carved Giltwood and Gesso Mirrors
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Good Pair of Late 19th Century Carved Giltwood and Gesso Mirrors The rectangular frames with very nicely etched floral and foliage designs within a spiral rope boarder, beveled mi...
Gesso, Giltwood
Magnificent Mid 19th Century Napoleon III Carved Giltwood and Gesso Mirror
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Magnificent Mid 19th Century Napoleon III Carved Giltwood and Gesso Mirror The elaborately designed mirror with female figures rising from pedestals to either side, at top putti ...
Wood, Gesso, Giltwood
Louis XVI Style Giltwood and Gesso Mirror, French, Circa 1870, 164 cm
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style carved giltwood and gesso mirror. The pierced scrolling crest surmounted by ho-ho birds flanking a basket of fruit over a shaped central bevelled mirror pla...
Gesso, Giltwood
Antique French Louis XVI Style Neoclassical Laurel Wreath Gold Gesso Mirror 29"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique French Louis XVI style / Neoclassical gold gilt / gesso mirror featuring an elaborate Laurel Wreath crest design with rounded corners.
Gesso, Hardwood
Baroque Oval Rococo Gesso Mirror
Located in Wilton, CT
A true statement piece, the front of the wave is richly gilded in gold, while the reverse is finished in vermeiled silver, creating depth and visual intrigue from every angle. Craft...
Gold Leaf
Impressive Louis XVI Style Carved Giltwood and Gesso Mirror, French, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A large and impressive Louis XVI style carved giltwood and gesso mirror. At over 100 inches tall (260 cm) this impressive mirror is of large size and finely carved with a figural ...
Giltwood
English Circular Gothic Oak & Gesso Mirror
Located in Kent, Dover
An English circular Gothic mirror in carved oak and gesso, with a bevelled mirror plate.
Mirror, Oak
$1,600 / set
Ancient Italian Small Gesso Mirror Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Elevate your interior with this striking pair of ornately carved wall mirrors, inspired by classic Italian Baroque design. Each mirror features a beautifully detailed giltwood frame ...
Mirror, Plaster, Wood
Pair of Large Victorian Gilt Gesso Mirrors
Located in London, GB
A large and grand pair of gilt gesso Victorian overmantel mirrors. The slender spiral fluted frames are surmounted by eagles on rocky outcrops, situated within a thistle decoration.
Gesso, Giltwood
Large Round French Giltwood and Gesso Mirrored Tabletop Tray
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Gold Mirrored Round Oversized Tabletop Tray, 1920-1930's France One of a kind tabletop mirrored tray.
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
Near Pair 19th Century Carved Gilt Wood and Gesso Mirrors
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1880 near pair oval mirrors with wide carved gilt wood and gesso frames.
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
A large French Empire wood and gesso mirror, C 1840.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The two-tone painted, rectangular frame with ornate gilt highlights throughout. Perfect in an entryway, to elongate a hall way or above a mantel horizontally. The neutral mirror may...
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
Antique French Louis XVI Gilt and Gesso Mirror
Located in Sheffield, MA
A simple yet elegant 18th Century French Louis XVI style giltwood wall mirror with a fine beaded border. The rectangular wall mirror has lost most of the gilt but retains a nicely we...
Wood
Pair Italian Late Neoclassic Carved Giltwood & Gilt Gesso Mirrors, ca. 1835
Located in Atlanta, GA
Each mirror of rectangular form with rounded edges, a series of moldings make up the frames, the outermost with incised ribbing, the mirror plates modern
Gesso, Giltwood
Italian Empire Period Carved Giltwood & Gilt-Gesso Mirror, early 19th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
of rectangular shape and having a coved form with a rabbet of carved gesso, now fitted with a modern mirrorplate
Giltwood
Exquisite Regency Circa 1810-1820 Gilded Gesso Mirror Hand Carved Large Eagle
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this absolutely exquisite original Regency circa 1810-1820 hand carved gilded gesso wall mirror with oversized eagle top This is a very decorative and be...
Mirror
George I Period Carved Gilt Gesso Mirror, English, 1720, Ornate Design
Located in London, GB
English, ca. 1720 This impressive English George I period mirror, made circa 1720, is crafted from carved wood and carved gilded gesso.
Brass, Gold Leaf
French Louis Philippe Silver Gilt and Gesso Beaded Mirror, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
French Louis Philippe silver gilt and gesso mirror with a carved molded edge frame, interior row of beading, original silvered glass, and retains the original wood backing, Early 19t...
Silver Leaf
George II Carved Gesso and Gilt Mirror
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good George II carved wood and gilt gesso mirror, the central cartouche flanked by swan neck pediment having egg and dart carved molded edge, the body with foliate relief carving on ...
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Pair Small Gilt Mirrors 19th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
Pair gilt carved wood and gesso mirrors. Continental. Mid 19th Century. Beautiful original gold gilding.
Gold Leaf
19th Century French Double Framed Giltwood Mirror with Cherub on Crown
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large French Double Framed Giltwood and Gesso Mirror with Cherub on crown. This stunning mirror has the original mirror plates.
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
Classical Oval Mirror, Circa 1880
Located in Sarasota, FL
A Classical oval gilt wood and gesso mirror with original beveled glass. The oval frame is carved with a floral wreath and surmounted with an urn finial and trailing flowers.
Gesso, Mirror
Gilt Carved Wedding Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Gilt carved wedding mirror. Antique gilt carved and painted gesso mirror in the mannerist style with painted plaster entwined grape leaves and grape clusters border with gilt edges w...
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
$1,920Sale Price|20% Off
Large French Giltwood Mirror with Elaborate Carvings, 1890
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
8-127 elaborately detailed wood carved and gesso mirror At one point mirror was replaced with new mirror.
Giltwood
$60,179 / set
Pair of Early Georgian Gilt Mirrors
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A rare pair of early Georgian cut gesso mirrors mainly in their original gilt; the plates look original but were probably replaced some time ago; a finely carved cartouche in the cen...
Gesso, Giltwood
French Regency Style Carved Wood and Gesso Wall Hanging Mirror
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H:47 1/2n W: 26 1/4in D: 2in This French Regency style carved wood and gesso mirror is made of the highest quality and is perfect for you and your home!
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
19th Century giltwood mirror louis XVI style
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Superb louis XVI style gilded wood and gesso mirror with bevelled glazing bead decorated on both sides with musical attributes ,very unsual.The execution of the details and decorati...
Gold Leaf
$11,600Sale Price|30% Off
Rare French 19th Century Pair of Giltwood Cherub Mirrors
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
Pair of large French Louis XV figural hand-carved wood and gesso mirrors. The elaborate carved mirrors feature extended floral swags from the crest to each surmounted cherub.
Gesso, Giltwood, Wood
19th Century Gold Gilt Gesso Crested Square Mirror
Located in London, GB
19th century gold gilt gesso crested square mirror We are proud to offer a wonderfully aged 19th century French gold gilt gesso mirror.
Wool, Giltwood, Paint
English Chippendale Gilt Carved Wood Floral and Shell Motif Mirror. Circa 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
English Chippendale gilt carved wood and gesso mirror with acanthus floral and shell motif.
Glass, Giltwood
$32,000
George I Border Glass Mirror
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rare George I carved and gilt gesso mirror with original beveled border glasses, the shell carved crest over swan neck pediment above foliate and strapwork carving, The base with ges...
Giltwood
George II Mahogany And Parcel Gilt Mirror
Located in Bradenton, FL
Stunning 18th century George II Parcel Gilt Mahogany and Gesso Mirror. The rectangular plate is in a shaped frame surmounted by a classic broken pediment design with very rare cherub...
Mirror, Wood
Antique Italian Renaissance Revival Giltwood & Gesso Wall Mirror, Deeply Carved
Located in Miami, FL
A richly ornamented antique giltwood and gesso wall mirror featuring an elegant Renaissance Revival inspired design with repeating shell, foliate, and scrolling motifs throughout the...
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
Napoleon III Carved Giltwood Oval Marginal Frame Mirror
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Napoleon III Carved giltwood oval Marginal frame mirror. This finely carved giltwood and gesso mirror has an oval bevelled mirror plate, marginal borders and an exuberant a...
Giltwood
19th Century French Louis Philippe Giltwood Acanthus Leaf Mirror
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous antique 19th-Century French Louis Philippe gilt wood and gesso mirror. From a superb old estate in Paris.
Mirror, Giltwood
Pair of Carved Giltwood Mirrors with Eagle Crestings, Circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of carved giltwood and gesso mirrors with eagle crestings. Each mirror has a pierced oak leaf and eagle cresting above an arched mirror plate with barley twist support...
Glass, Giltwood
Large 19th C. Victorian Gilt Gesso Acanthus Scroll Wall Mirror
Located in Morristown, NJ
A substantial Victorian gilt gesso mirror of rectangular form, the frame boldly carved in high relief with scrolling acanthus leaves and richly modeled foliate ornament.
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Louis XVI Style Marginal Frame Mirror, French, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style marginal frame mirror. This finely caved giltwood and gesso mirror has a rectangular mirror plate framed by marginal borders of bevelled glass and surmounte...
Giltwood
The road from early innovations in reflective glass to the alluring antique and vintage mirrors in trendy modern interiors has been a long one but we’re reminded of the journey everywhere we look.
In many respects, wall mirrors, floor mirrors and full-length mirrors are to interior design what jeans are to dressing. Exceedingly versatile. Universally flattering. Unobtrusively elegant. And while all mirrors are not created equal, even in their most elaborate incarnation, they're still the heavy lifters of interior design, visually enlarging and illuminating any space.
We’ve come a great distance from the polished stone that served as mirrors in Central America thousands of years ago or the copper mirrors of Mesopotamia before that. Today’s coveted glass Venetian mirrors, which should be cleaned with a solution of white vinegar and water, were likely produced in Italy beginning in the 1500s, while antique mirrors originating during the 19th century can add the rustic farmhouse feel to your mudroom that you didn’t know you needed.
By the early 20th century, experiments with various alloys allowed for mirrors to be made inexpensively. The geometric shapes and beveled edges that characterize mirrors crafted in the Art Deco style of the 1920s can bring pizzazz to your entryway, while an ornate LaBarge mirror made in the Hollywood Regency style makes a statement in any bedroom. Friedman Brothers is a particularly popular manufacturer known for decorative round and rectangular framed mirrors designed in the Rococo, Louis XVI and other styles, including dramatic wall mirrors framed in gold faux bamboo that bear the hallmarks of Asian design.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, mid-century modernism continues to influence the design of contemporary mirrors. Today’s simple yet chic mantel mirror frames, for example, often neutral in color, owe to the understated mirror designs introduced in the postwar era.
Sculptor and furniture maker Paul Evans had been making collage-style cabinets since at least the late 1950s when he designed his Patchwork mirror — part of a series that yielded expressive works of combined brass, copper and pewter — for Directional Furniture during the mid-1960s. Several books celebrating Evans’s work were published beginning in the early 2000s, as his unconventional furniture has been enjoying a moment not unlike the resurgence that the Ultrafragola mirror is seeing. Designed by the Memphis Group’s Ettore Sottsass in 1970, the Ultrafragola mirror, in all its sensuous acrylic splendor, has become somewhat of a star thanks to much-lauded appearances in shelter magazines and on social media.
On 1stDibs, we have a broad selection of vintage and antique mirrors and tips on how to style your contemporary mirror too.
Repairs and replacements can go toward devaluing any piece of antique or vintage furniture, and any modifications or repairs done to a centuries-old mirror should be handled by experts and executed with care. Because antique Venetian mirrors were handcrafted by Italian artisans and can in some cases be hundreds of years old, it is strongly recommended that you consult with experts in the field of restoring antique or decorative mirrors in the event that your piece should require restorative work.
In "Object Permanence 4," on view at the 1stdibs Gallery, Emma Holland Denvir and Leah Ring have brought together pieces that range from polished to playful.
A new generation of creative minds is reinventing the use of clay through sculptural forms and bold ideas.
Leading talents tell us what goes into their mirrored creations and where to put them on a wall.
These are the fairest of them all.