Fine Classic Antiques Mirrors

19th century French giltwood mirror. The mirror is beautifully carved with tiny flowers flanking a center acanthus leaf inspired d...

Rectangular beveled "parecloses" mirror with pediment, enclosed in a repoussé brass frame, painted off-white. Shell, flower and palmette motifs. Wooden back.

A Very Important Late 19th Century Rococo Style Giltwood and Gesso Mirror The entire frame exceptionally carved with heavy detail. The top centered with a large carved cherub and t...

Beautiful early nineteenth century French trumeau mirror. Retaining original painted and gilded surface with very delicate and beautiful carving and a wonderful patina. Please examin...

We have been fortunate to get hold of some truly stunning 19th century Italian frames that we have added nice quality mirror plate too. These make incredible features on any wall in ...

19th century cherry mirror from France. The frame is made from cherry and its hand turned to look like bamboo. The frame is surrounding a mirror, which appears to be original. The mi...

An exquisite mid-17th-century Dutch or Flemish baroque mirror or looking glass, the original ebonized and faux tortoiseshell painted frame having geometric design with beveled reentr...

A George III parcel-gilt fretwork mahogany wall mirror, c. 1780. In good original condition, retaining original bevelled mirror plate. There are small visible repairs to the mahogan...

19th century faux bamboo mirror from France. The frame has been wonderfully hand turned from cherry to look like bamboo. The frame surrounds what appears to be the original mercury...

One is good. Two are great. This is a lovely pair of mirrors.

This 19th Century French mirror is distinguished by its richly carved giltwood frame, layered with decorative borders and elaborate detailing. The surface bears a beautifully aged pa...

A George III Giltwood Pier Mirror In the Manner of Thomas Johnson An exceptionally detailed design; the superb carved decoration housing a shaped rectangular plate and undulating mirrored borders; the inner frame closely tied to the outer frame and leading the eye around the mirror. The grandiose masterful carving incorporating C-scrolls, flowering branchwork, stylized icicles, acanthus leaves, and distinctive architectural follies and figures which firmly place this mirror within the canon of Johnson's greatest designs. The confident execution is a great testament to the technical prowess and artistic creativity of one of the greatest carvers and designers of the eighteenth century, circa 1760. Provenance Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, Farmleigh, Co. Dublin, (1880?-1927); The Earls of Iveagh, Farmleigh, Co. Dublin & Elveden Hall, Suffolk (1927-2018). Thomas Johnson (1723-1799) Thomas Johnson was one of the most skilled carvers and furniture designers in Georgian England. Drawing inspiration from the Fables of Aesop, the rococo, China, and the idealised rustic life, his work is whimsical, exuberant and witty. Chippendale borrowed freely from his work. Johnson was a founder member of the 'Antigallican Society', a group who excoriated the French taste. In addition to its relation to Johnson's designs, this mirror also reflects the influence of Lock, the great master with whom he worked for a period. Lock published many sketches and pattern books, including A New Book of Ornaments for Looking Glasses in 1752, introducing several idiosyncratic features which Johnson would adopt such as the small decorative urns...