Large 19th Century Italian Carved Mirror

A fabulous bright gilt 18th Century Italian mirror within a bordered glass frame. This mirror has had some minor restoration, commensurate with age. Circa 1790.

Early 18th Century Italian gilded carved wood mirror. Wonderful craftsmanship and detailed carvings with old plate glass.

Wonderful North Italian mid 18th Century carved wood silvered mirror.The later arched plate with a further mirrored border. The exuberantly carved cresting is topped with a woven bas...

Large 19th Century Italian mirror. An ornate Florentine Baroque frame with original gilding and foxed mercury mirror plate. Circa 1850.

This is a stunning antique mirror - grand scale and highly decorative with beautiful wood carved framing and the original plate glass. Please take a look at all our pictures to se...

Ancient and large mirror, richly carved by hand and silver leaf, with double mirror and depictions of mythological creatures carved in the wood of the frame, built to position it ove...

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...

A fabulous Italian Barocco carved and gilt wood mirror from the turn of the 17th and 18th century. This antique pier mirror from Italy has a nice 9 inch thick surround, which has bee...