French 19th Century Louis XVI Giltwood Bridal Mirror
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant early 19th century Louis XVI style French giltwood bridal mirror from Provence. Nice hand
Mirror, Giltwood
$2,800
H 34.5 in W 23.25 in D 1.5 in
18th Century French Louis XVI Giltwood Bridal Mirror with Military Symbols
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An 18th century Louis XVI French Provençal giltwood bridal mirror. Beautifully carved three
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century Louis XVI Style French Giltwood Bridal Mirror
Located in Haywards Heath, GB
A late 19th Century Louis XVI style French giltwood bridal/marriage mirror Original giltwood
Mirror, Pine
19th Century Louis XVI Style French Giltwood Bridal Mirror
Located in Haywards Heath, GB
A late 19th Century Louis XVI style French giltwood bridal/marriage mirror Original giltwood
Mirror, Pine
18th Century Louis XVI French Bridal Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
18th Century French Bridal Mirror. A Louis XVI Giltwood bridal mirror with hand carved crest and
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Bridal Mirror
Located in Buisson, FR
a: Nice Louis XVI style giltwood bridal mirror, with original mirror glass. France, 19th century
Wood
19th Century Louis XVI Style French Giltwood Bridal Mirror
Located in Haywards Heath, GB
A late 19th Century Louis XVI style French giltwood bridal/marriage mirror Original giltwood
Mirror, Pine, Giltwood
19th Century Louis XVI Style French Giltwood Bridal Mirror
Located in Haywards Heath, GB
A late 19th Century Louis XVI style French giltwood bridal/marriage mirror Original giltwood
Mirror, Pine, Giltwood
19th Century Louis XVI Style French Giltwood Bridal Mirror
Located in Haywards Heath, GB
A late 19th Century Louis XVI style French giltwood bridal/marriage mirror Original giltwood
Mirror, Pine, Giltwood
French Louis XVI Style Gilded Mirror
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 19th century Louis XVI style French parcel-giltwood bridal mirror from Provence. Nice hand
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century French Hand Carved Giltwood Bridal Mirror
Located in Ross, CA
19th Century Louis XVI style French parcel-giltwood bridal mirror from Provence. Nice hand carved
Wood, Giltwood
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Bridal Mirror
Located in Buisson, FR
Very nice Louis XVI style giltwood bridal mirror with original mirror glass. France, 19th century
Wood
18th Century French Louis XVI Giltwood Bridal Mirror
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century Louis XVI French Provençal giltwood bridal mirror. Hand carved crest with a pair of
Mirror, Giltwood
18th Century French Louis XVI Giltwood Bridal Mirror
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century Louis XVI French Provençal giltwood bridal mirror. Hand carved crest with a pair of
Mirror, Giltwood
Late 19th C. Louis XVI Style Giltwood Bridal Mirror
Located in Morristown, NJ
A charming Louis XVI style giltwood bridal mirror from the late 19thc., decorated with floral
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century Louis XVI Style French Giltwood Bridal Mirror
Located in Haywards Heath, GB
A late 19th Century Louis XVI style French giltwood bridal/marriage mirror Original giltwood
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century Louis XVI Style French Giltwood Bridal Mirror
Located in Haywards Heath, GB
A late 19th Century Louis XVI style French giltwood bridal/marriage mirror Original giltwood
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century Louis XVI Style French Giltwood Bridal Mirror
Located in Haywards Heath, GB
A late 19th Century Louis XVI style French giltwood bridal/marriage mirror Original giltwood
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Giltwood Mirror
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 19th century Louis XVI style French parcel giltwood bridal mirror from Provence. Nice hand
Mirror, Giltwood
$1,155Sale Price / item|30% Off
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Mirror
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French petite mirror in the Louis XVI style, dating to the 19th century, with incredible, carved gilt wood detail set off by the ebonized (painted) backpanel. At the top of the pie...
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
$230,916Sale Price|33% Off
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
Other
$34,341
H 6.3 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...
Bone
$998,526
H 82.68 in Dm 76.78 in
Exceptional Crystal and Bronze Chandelier, L-A Marquis, France, C. 1860
By Maison Marquis
Located in PARIS, FR
This very important 96-lights chandelier made entirely in chiseled and gilded bronze in the Renaissance style, is composed at the lower part of six large sets of ten light-arms, ador...
Crystal, Bronze
$484,500Sale Price|35% Off
H 36 in W 71 in D 27 in
Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted & Marquetry Commode - François Linke Leon Messagé
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Louis XV style ormolu-mounted and end-cut floral and fruit marquetry two-drawer serpentine-shaped bombé commode by François Linke (1855-1946), Index number 720, the mounts d...
Ormolu
$3,800 / set
H 34.75 in W 24.5 in D 21 in
Opulent Giltwood Pair of Louis XVI Style Bergere Armchairs from Salon Suite
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Exquisite gilt wood carved French Louis XVI style pair of bergeres from a complete parlor suite. The design, with elegant Louis XVI lines and the delicately hand carved decoration, s...
Damask, Giltwood
Steinway & Sons Concert Grand Piano
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This extraordinary concert grand piano with 88 keys was made by the prestigious firm Steinway & Sons around 1894. The case's decoration was entrusted to the company Cuel & Cie and mo...
Wood, Giltwood
French Louis XVI Style Sofa
By La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
French, Louis XVI style, sofa, hand-carved in solid, beechwood. Fully “upholstered in customers choice of fabric and completed with bolster pillows and feather cushions”. (13 m's of ...
Beech
18th Century French Louis XVI Period Giltwood Mirror
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Transport yourself to the opulent charm of the 18th century with this exquisite giltwood mirror from the era of Louis XVI. Adorned with a resplendent giltwood frame, this mirror boas...
Giltwood, Mirror
$4,500
H 32.5 in W 18 in D 1.88 in
French Regence Period Giltwood Mirror with Birds, Scallop Shell and Flowers
Located in Pembroke, MA
French Regence period giltwood parclose mirror (18th century), with beautifully-detailed carved birds and scallop shell on pediment, and flowers and other decoration around the frame...
Gold Leaf
Louis XVI Period Marriage Trumeau Mirror with Birds
Located in Pembroke, MA
Very charming, French, Louis XVI period parcel gilt and painted marriage Trumeau mirror, featuring two birds kissing on the pediment. Other neoclassical ornaments include a laurel wr...
Mirror, Giltwood, Gesso, Wood
$410,538
H 86.03 in Dm 51.97 in
Extremely Rare Victorian Chandelier of Exceptional Quality and Size by F&C Osler
By F. & C. Osler
Located in Steyning, West sussex
An extremely rare early Victorian 20-light cut-glass silvered mounted chandelier of exceptional quality the baluster thumb and radial cut shaft with lower shaft canopy and draping pa...
Silver Plate
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 wood The frame is gold with bottle green side details, it is adorned with a crest ...
Wood
$139,850Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 35.75 in W 56 in D 23.5 in
Fine Pair of 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Commodes
By François Linke
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and impressive pair of French 19th century Louis xv style gilt bronze-mounted kingwood, satinwood and tulipwood floral marquetry two-drawer bombé commodes attributed to F...
Marble, Bronze
Italian 18th century Baroque period Giltwood mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A monumental and most impressive Italian 18th century Baroque period Giltwood mirror. This stately large scaled mirror with all original gilding and mirror plate is made with elabora...
Giltwood
Reflecting the final era of royal opulence before the upheaval of the French Revolution, antique Louis XVI furniture features more angular shapes than the Rococo curves of the Louis XV style, harkening back to the imposing grandeur of Louis XIV.
Dating between 1750 and 1800, an era that overlapped with the last king of France whose reign was cut short by the guillotine, Louis XVI furniture, known as the goût grec, is emblematic of the neoclassical revision that French furniture underwent during the second half of the 18th century.
Authentic Louis XVI furniture characteristics include clean lines and carved details such as scrolls and acanthus flourishes that were inspired by ancient Greece and Rome. This was informed by a burgeoning interest in antiquity in the 18th century, owing to new archaeological excavations at sites including Pompeii and Herculaneum. It largely eclipsed the more East Asian–influenced ornamentation of Louis XV for something more geometric and symmetrical.
The Louis XVI style was defined by what was being created for the palatial rooms at Versailles and Fontainebleau, particularly for the queen, with cabinetmaker Jean-Henri Riesener being a favorite of Marie-Antoinette’s for his luxurious pieces accented with gilded bronze and marquetry. Furniture maker Jean-Baptiste-Claude Sené was also a major designer of the period, with his pieces for the royal residences adorned with giltwood and neoclassical touches like tapered columns for chair legs and laurel leaf carvings. Cabinetmaker Adam Weisweiler occasionally incorporated into his furniture porcelain panels produced by Sèvres, a popular manufacturer of European ceramics that served the crown with serveware, vases and other decorative objects.
Find a collection of antique Louis XVI seating, tables, cabinets and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Vintage and antique wall mirrors add depth and openness to a space — they can help create the illusion that a narrow hallway isn’t so narrow. But you don’t need hundreds of enormous arched French or Italian mirrors framed in gilded bronze to dress up your home (maybe just a few).
A few well-placed large wall mirrors and other types of mirrors can amplify lighting and help showcase the decorative and architectural features of your home. For the Palace of Versailles during the 17th century, French King Louis XIV ordered the construction of the Hall of Mirrors after spending millions of dollars importing expensive Venetian mirrors from the revered glass-blowing factories on the island of Murano. A mirror-manufacturing rivalry between Paris and Venice took shape, and soon, across from 17 large windows that open out over the adjacent Palace Gardens on one side of the Hall, more than 350 mirrors — large mirrors made of groupings of small panes — were installed, effectively bringing the radiant colors of the outdoors into the opulent corridor.
Wall mirrors for your living room can work miracles — pull your landscaping’s colors and textures indoors, Louis XIV–style, by covering the length of an interior wall across from your living-room windows with wall mirrors.
For a similar effect, surrounding your mid-century modern wall mirror with leafy air plants and fern floor plants can amplify the sense of serenity that greenery offers in your home. Choose wall mirror frame styles to match your home’s decor, or shop for a frameless, organically shaped mirror that’s cut or beveled for a clean yet distinctive showpiece. For a free-spirited Bohemian feel, create a cluster of mismatched antique wall mirrors — an arrangement of circular Art Deco wall mirrors, Rococo-style silver leaf mirrors and decorative oval Victorian mirrors could add spice to an otherwise unadorned dining-room wall.
Elsewhere, there’s nothing vain about buying a full-length mirror for your bedroom, bathroom or walk-in closet to help you perfect your look for the day. Another may be needed in your entryway for a last-minute ensemble inspection. In fact, a shimmering 18th-century hall of mirrors awaits visitors behind the steel door of Stephen Cavallo’s atelier in Manhattan.
“We like to see the look on people’s faces when they walk in,” says Cavallo.
Decorating your home and office with wall mirrors is an art form in and of itself — get started today with the variety of antique and vintage wall mirrors on 1stDibs.