Superb Large Regency Gilded Girandole Mirror

A Regency giltwood convex girandole mirror. The 13 inch convex plate with ebonized reeded surround is mounted in a concave frame with beaded and rope edges and ball spacers. The ...

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...

19th Century pair girandole mirrors with bevelled glass and brass frames with arched tops and bases. Each with a pair of scroll stemmed candle holders.

In the style of Robert Adam. Urn form finial with leaf tip swags and scrolls over an oval beveled mirror and a pair of candle arms flanked by leaves and seed pods terminating on urns...

English gilt Girandole mirror is beveled and surrounded by applied leaf moldings. It has a large floral crest and base.

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...