Iron Girandoles

Late 19th c., shaped mirror glass framed by giltwood foliate scrolls. The particular shape with "Rocaille" friezes with floral motifs in Louis XV style is further embellished by the ...

One large French modern neoclassical double arm metal wall light / sconce / girandole with mirrored backs in the style of Mathieu Mategot. The metal frame is pierced and the mirror h...

This is a very unusual pair of late 17th or early 18th century Italian Baroque Girandoles. The girandoles feature a finely executed carved gilt wood frame that is surmounted by a fin...

Pair of narrow, rectangular gilt bronze girandoles with beveled mirror and twin candelabra, circa 1890. Ornately decorated frame with openwork of fleur-de-lis, renaissance architectu...

Pair of French Rococo style girandoles, late 19th century, in fine silver-gilt, elegantly decorated with figural and scrolls, two candlestick-arms.

Period American Federal convex girandole mirror of monumental size. Giltwood with original gilding and mirror. New York.

Each with a double scroll crest with central opening with leaf, over a mirror plate within a carved frame, similarly carved base with three candle arms. Provenance; Henry Forbes Bige...

A pair of 18th century North Italian giltwood mirrors and former girandoles or sconces. Elaborately carved in symmetrical form with flowers, leaves, Ho Ho Birds, scrollwork and rocailles. A metal mount for the candle branches still attached at the bottom of the mirror. The mirror used...

Pair of American gilt carved wood girandole mirrors with flanking eagles on rock plinths perched to flee , upper and lower acanthus carved floral motif, ebonized reeded circular mold...

This incredibly rare pair of Louis XV-period giltwood mirrored girandoles capture the grandeur, grace and opulence of the Rococo movement in the decorative arts. Each opulent mirror is exquisitely framed with voluminous flourishes of naturalistic motifs exemplary of the Louis XV era’s organic, deliberately asymmetrical stylings. Holding four candles each, these outstanding mirrored girandoles would have decoratively flanked a room of the period elegantly, illuminating the giltwood lustrously and providing ambient light reflected in the mirrored glass. Mirrors have long played an integral role in decorative design, often serving as focal points of a room. Dating back to the 13th century, the first French looking glasses were very small, yet enormously precious. Because these early mirrors...

An exceptional pair of grand scale girandole mirrors in the manner of Thomas Johnson. The elaborate carved decoration in the Chinoiserie taste. Thomas Johnson was a specialist carver...

Mid-20th century oval girandole mirror fitted with three candle arms. Originally had five candle arms. The oval mirror glass bordered by thumb print cuts and framed in giltwood.