Gilt Gesso

An exceptional and rare hand carved French sunburst wall mirror, intricately carved sun rays encircle the central mirror plate, a fine layer of applied gesso and gilt paint to the su...

The piece retains its original parcel-gilt decoration over a painted gesso ground, creating a warm contrast between luminous gilded highlights and the softly toned painted surfaces.

Antique gilt empire mirror, English, circa 1820 An impressive empire Trumeau mirror Original beveled mirror with exquisite full foxing all-over Fabulous classical pilaster detail to...

Italian giltwood scroll chandelier, circa 1960s The carved wooden central finial is decorated with its gesso and gilt finish Scroll wirework tendrils and metal arms reach out to the ...

With typical pelmet with carved gilt top and tassellled drapes. All plate show signs of ageing, brown spots, fading and marks, the frames have minor wear to the gesso gilt edging.

Absolutely stunning 18th century Louis VXI French mirror, adorned with a wonderful carved wood, gesso and gilt decorative crest, it has minor loss of the gesso in parts and boasts th...

In original 18th century finish with signs of and loss of gilt and painted surfaces, the gesso showing through.

The frame displays a timeworn finish with areas of gilt loss and visible gesso beneath, highlighting its age and authenticity.

Each example has a clean center mirror with a wood frame and a distressed mirrored border featuring gilt rosettes. Giltwood, Gesso, Mirror Italy, c. 1930s

An attractive English George 2nd walnut toilet mirror, circa 1745 with its original mercury glass, carved gilt and gesso slip. Cross grain mouldings to the frame, flanked by square ...

After Diego Velazquez (1599/1660) Portrait of Sebastian De Morra the court dwarf and jester at the court of Philip IV of Spain Instinctively signed and inscribed 1869 on verso. Hou...

It is beautifully executed and finely mounted in the original gilt wood and gesso frame. It is in excellent condition, with only some extremely minor wear and a gorgeous overall pat...

Antique 19th century oil on canvas people painting attributed to Eugenio Lucas Villamamil, with acanthus and foliate gilt wood and gesso frame Dimensions with frame: 67 x 48 x 7cm.

These antique candle holders from Italy are have gesso and silvered/gilt over a carved wood base in a two-handled urn motif, with a ribbon-tied bouquet of metal metal, with the five ...

19th century framed sepia toned drawing with some watercolor of a Venice scene of gondolas in the river and houses surrounding. Appears unsigned. Gilt and gesso wood frame.

The carved wooden frame is overlaid with gesso and gilt, finished in gold and cream tones.

Pair of American Canine oil on canvas in original gilt carved wood and gesso frames. Signed E. Payne.

A Stunning Napoleon III French Cushion Mirror This is an exquisite piece a fine example of Mirrors of this type, the centre Glass is Framed with smaller angled mirrors all around ...

Excellent vintage condition - minor gilt and gesso loss (as photographed) - no restoration - scuffs and signs of age and use.

Pair of vintage Italian neoclassical style carved gold giltwood candlesticks converted to beautiful table lamps, features white cream gesso and gold gilt polychrome finish, solid car...

The three young girls sitting, kneeling and laying on a grassy area of the forest, her wicker basket filled with the freshly picked flowers, the middle one wearing a bonnet and a str...

The painting is presented in a gesso carved gilt wooden frame and is signed H. Matthys at the bottom right hand corner of the canvas.

Oil on canvas, signed bottom left, affixed to what appears to be its original keyed stretcher, set within a later gilt patinated & gesso molded wood frame. ...

In excellent antique condition. New gilt wood and gesso frame. South America, 18th century.

The circular painted canvas depicting a seated Madonna holding an infant Jesus Christ next to a child Saint John the Baptist, all within a massive carved gilt wood and gesso frame (a...

A pair of display vitrines in the early Georgian manner probably by Lengyon and Morant Constructed in gilt and gesso work decorated with entrelacs, strapwork, scallop shells and aca...

The two paintings are framed in period 1920s gilt wood and gesso frames and retain an old stamp on the back from the Hungarian National Gallery Export stamp indicating it was examine...

Signed and dated "PLUM 2020" recto and verso of the canvas, canvas size: 28" x 36" x 1.5" profile. Older gilt-wood and gesso frame size: 35.5” x 43.5 x 2”.

The frame is also noteworthy, crafted from wood and gesso with gold gilt and white pigment. It is a Salvator Rosa style frame—a style named after the 17th-century painter, though not...

The frame retains the roots of it's history, the patina of the gesso and gilt decoration bearing testament to its' 140 year life, and the secrets and stories of more than a century o...

A very fine Italian 17th century oval oil on canvas "Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns" Circle of Pierre Mignard (French, 1612-1695) within its original gilt wood and gesso carved f...

Small gilt oval frame with handk drawn deep convex mirror Overall size: H 22" x W 18". Finished in faux rosewood with gilt edge qty. three Finished gilt oval (1).

Signed l/r Picasso, numbered lower left. In a custom gilt-edged gesso frame under glass. Since Picasso first took to the dry-point in his “Blue Period” — the first major phase of hi...

Monumental Louis XV console table, heavily carved and a lovely pierced apron, Rising on cabriole kegs with stretcher, ending in scroll feet. Beautiful Gilt patina, gilt gesso over ...

Antique french wall mirror, Louis-Philippe style, circa 1900. Re-gilding to the patinated silvered leaf, decoration of the antique frame with leafs and small flowers. Antique frame w...

Large Modern Style (Art nouveau) trumeau mirror. French antique fireplace mirror named « The Parisienne », with fruits and plants carved. Re-gilding to the patinated silvered leaf. M...

Pair of Art Nouveau Left and Right Gold Leaf Giltwood Mini Sized Mirrors Exquisite and richly carved pair of left and right petite mirrors. Carved wood, covered with gesso and 24-kar...