A pair of Italian Giltwood Etched Mirrors with Sconce Arms

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

Pair of English or Irish Neoclassical Mirrored Wall Sconces. Original mirror now showing oxidation. Original gilding. Carved glitwood neoclassical elements. Obelisk form with urn fin...

A Fine French 19th Century Louis XVI Style giltwood and gesso carved sconce mirror (Wall-Light) girandole with candelabra. The scrolled carved mirror frame surmounted with a pair of ...

A fine French 19th/20th century Louis XVI style belle epoque gildwood carved sconce mirror (wall-light) Girandle. The elongated carved body decorated with giltwood carved wreaths...

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...

Cartouche shape with leaf crest and mirror palate set in a carved frame with trellis and leaf decoration. Removed from a Bellevue Ave Newport estate occupied by the family for about ...