Regency Giltwood Convex Girandole Mirror

A Sheraton giltwood mirror, circa 1830. A split baluster frame with rosette corner blocks. 30 by 26 ¾ inches

A Louis XIV paraclose giltwood mirror, c.1700. Carved wood and gesso Bérainesque design with shell crest. 22 ½ inches wide by 33 ¾ by 3 ½ inches deep

A Chinese Chippendale style carved giltwood mirror, 20th century. 30 ¾ inches wide by 58 inches tall

An antique portrait photograph of a gentleman nicely presented in a gilt gesso frame with convex glass. Perhaps not an outlaw, but a man of mystery. sight: 9 by 15 inches frame: 13...

This magnificent English Regency giltwood convex girandole mirror, circa 1800, featuring displayed eagle with hanging tassels, opposing dolphins and six candle arms with gilt foliage...

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...

Fabulous 19th century English Regency convex looking glass with girandole arms. This amazing girandole mirror has the British Royal Crown on the pediment and a tudor rose on the pend...

A carved giltwood girandole of early Regency design. The convex mirror plate is within a moulded frame decorated with gilt balls and has a carved eagle crest supported on a tapered b...