Girandoles

A Large Regency Convex Gilt Girandole Wall Mirror This Stunning Mirror has a deep gilt frame decorated with spheres and is finely reeded up to the convex glass, on either side it has a twisted candle...

Fine Regency period gilt and ebonized convex mirror by Thomas Fentham, London, having carved hippocampus with two gilt balls flanked by pair of dolphins...

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...

With carved eagle holding two balls on a chain over a convex glass mirror with ebonized outer band, the conforming frame with spherules, mounted candle arms and base leaf carved deco...

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...

Period English Regency giltwood convex girandole mirror. Dolphin top. Original candle arms. Original gilding. Original Mirror --Provenance: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Loan Exhib...

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...

Unusual form with newly water gilded frame and replaced glass. A period frame with spherules and molded fasces outer band.

Truly superb George III period girandole mirror with a gilded and verte antique details (faux painting to appear like naturally patinated bronze castings). The details and crispness...

A small Regency carved giltwood convex girandole mirror The typical circular mirror with an ebonized slip and ball encrusted frame surmounted by a twin-handled urn with trailing h...

This Regal early 19th century British Convex mirror is craved gilt carved wood with Girandole candle arms.