Girandoles

Pair of 19th century 'Girandole' Italian mirrored wall sconces Very beautiful brass 19th century Italian mirrored wall sconces in original condition with three arm candles. Bevelled mirrors A girandole from French, in turn from Italian girandola) is an ornamental branched candlestick or light fixture consisting of several lights, often resembling a small chandelier. Girandoles came into use about the second half of the 17th century, and were commonly made and used in pairs. A girandole has always been, comparatively speaking, a luxurious appliance for lighting, and in the great 18th-century period of French house decoration, the famous ciseleurs designed some exceedingly beautiful examples. A great variety of metals have been used for the purpose. Sometimes, as in the case of candlesticks, girandoles have been made in hardwoods. Gilded bronze has been a very frequent medium, but for table use silver is still the favorite material. Girandoles, or lighting devices, have also been attached to looking glasses and furniture. Some popular mirrors, especially the convex style, and some large dressing...

We are delighted to offer for sale this pair of signed CD Antique French Rococo Cherub Girandole wall light sconces A very good looking, decorative an...

this pair of elegant and decorative mirrors are finely carved of gilded wood, the carvings are leaf and vine forms, the bottoms of the mirrors having two original candle holder rest...

These superb "girandole" style giltwood mirrors are exemplary of the Adam brothers' designs that prevailed during the Georgian era. The mirror's design is characterized by light foli...

These exquisite mirrors sold at Christie's twenty years ago. With great surface and the best quality gilding. The crest with leaf spray over an arched...

Pair of Louis XIV mirrors, each having a shield-form mirrorplate in a carved and gilded wood molded frame decorated with combing, C-scrolls, and rosettes, their pediments carved with...

19th century George III style giltwood framed girandole pair mirror . Each one feature an oval mirror plate within a molded frame surmounted by an urn form crest and swags, the apron...

English Rococo George III style pair of carved giltwood mirrored girandole candle sconces with elaborate foliage and acanthus leaves. Two candle sock...

George III Carton Pierre mirror, circa 1780, attributed to John Linnell. A very fine carved wood and papier mâché composition mirror retaining its origin...

An early 18th century George I Period girandole mirror, the mercury glass plate held within a carved gilt gesso mirror of rectangular form, having re-entrant corners and supporting t...

This is an antique girandole mirror dating to the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, circa 1800. A super example, this wall mirror is fra...

Fine pair of Georgian style carved and giltwood girondoles profusely carved with foliage and having shaped border plates, the two sconce arms with cast brass foliate candle sockets, ...