Gesso Mirrors

C19th Louis Philippe gilt archtop mirror Superb mirror with foliage etched frame and original back circa 1850. In very good, solid condition with attractive surface wear revealing r...

Introducing a Pair of Baroque Giltwood and Gesso Wall Mirrors from Circa 1700 and later. This remarkable set offers a touch of 18th-century grandeur, featuring rectangular plates fra...

K0445 Stunning antique French wall mirror with original bevelled edge glass with some foxing in beautifully carved and very elaborate gold leaf frame with exquisite centre crest to t...

Round Art Deco Atsonea Ornate Gilt Wall Mirror The Mirror is Round, it has a decorative Art Deco Rococo Gilt Frame with a bevelled glass mirror at the centre The mirror glass is or...

K0467 Beautiful French, cream and gold leaf wall mirror, having original bevelled edge glass with some foxing in beaded and shaped frame with shell and floral centre crest to the top...

A Superb 19th Century Italian Gilt Wreath Mirror This is a charming piece, the Mirror has a Gilt frame., which has a very elaborate 9” wide circular fra...

Tall Gilt Console Mirror with Shelf This is a very lovely piece, the mirror has an elaborate crest to the top of the very attractive frame A really handsome pair in good conditio...

A large Napoleon III antique mirror in parcel gilt, the bound laurel border to the frame is picked out in cream, as are the fine beads whi...

Early Rowley Gallery rare framed triptych with central mirror and 2 inlay wood side panels Depicting dancers The reverse panels have inlay wood motifs The stylised combing of the gilt gesso frame is synonymous with the Rowley Gallery Design attributed to William Arthur Chase...

An Exceptional Quality Late 19th Century Carved Giltwood And Gesso Mirror This fantastic oval shaped mirror is centered with a large urn with flowers sitting over drapes, flanked by...

A Large and Important George I Gilt-Gesso Pier Glass, Attributed to John Belchier, Circa 1725. England. Divided by the original arched and rectangular soft bevelled mirror plates within a gadrooned and foliate-carved border surmounted by an impressive foliate crest, flanked by profusly carved scrolling acanthus wings above a punch decorated carved frieze. Provenance Clopton Hall, Rattlesden, Suffolk John Belchier ‘The Sun’, south side of St Paul's Churchyard, London; cabinet maker (fl.1699-d. 1753). This impressive mirror can be confidently attributed to the London cabinetmaker John Belchier based on similarities with two large pier glasses he supplied in 1723 and 1726 to John Meller at Erdigg in Denbighshire, Wales (National Trust; illustrated, Early Georgian Furniture, by Adam Bowett, p.292 plates 6:50-51). Originally destined for the Second Best Bedroom and Best Bedchamber respectively, they now hang in the Saloon. The earlier mirror shares comparable strapwork cresting with double scrolls centering a mask whilst the second incorporates bold, inward-curving scrolls carved in high relief along the upper border of the frame that overlap onto the top edge of the plate. These distinctive, palm-like scrolls appear on other mirrors attributed to Belchier, among them an example in the Untermyer Collection, Metropolitan Museum, New York (46.116), and a girandole mirror also with a central winged cherub mask in the crest sold Sotheby's London, 20 November 2007, lot 13. John Belchier (d.1753), possibly of Huguenot origin, was born in Oxfordshire and served his apprenticeship with the London Joiners' Company from 1699-1707. By 1717 he was established at 'The Sun' in St Paul's Churchyard, London, where his trade bill described his activities as a supplier of 'All sorts of Cabinet Work, Chairs, Glasses, Sconces, & Coach Glasses’, and another trade bill indicated he ‘Grinds & Makes-up all sorts of fine Peer & Chimney Glasses and Glass Sconces, Likewise all Cabbinet Makers Goods’, suggesting mirrors and sconces were a particular specialty of his workshop. His most significant client was the London lawyer and Master of the High Court of Chancery John Meller (1665-1733) for his country estate at Erdigg near Wrexham, and in addition to pier glasses and sconces Belchier provided a magnificent carved and gilt wood State Bed in 1720 and is believed to have supplied two japanned bureau...

Mid Century Tutankhamun Inspired Wall Mirror This is a large and very attractive piece, taking its inspiration for the 1960s enthusiasm for all things Egyptian The tall mirror is f...

A very impressive late 18th Century Italian carved gilt-wood and gesso Pier glass wall mirror. Having wonderful Bacchus masks to either side, scrolling foliate, ribbon decoration wit...

A Northern Italian, hand-carved, gessoed and gilded 18th century frame with laurel leaves and shell details. 4 paneled mirror of a later date.

A grand-scale, circular, hand-carved, gessoed, and 22k gold gilded frame, inset with newer mirror glass. Each with ridged edges surrounding a convex interior.

A beautiful Victorian Giltwood Oval Marginal Plate Mirror of good proportions. The oval wood and gesso frame equally interspersed with attractive cartouche decoration. The outer rim ...

A Very Fine Late 19th Century Carved Giltwood And Gesso Mirror Of oval form with doves “love birds” and roses over a quiver of arrows and a torch alon...

Exceptional Adam style giltwood girandole.

Louis XVI style over mantel chest mirror finished in antique white and 22-karat gold, centre mirror in antique finish. Overall size: H 27" x W 30".    

Regency style mirror with painted and giltwood decoration.

Elaborately hand carved and gilded, stepped mirror with etched glass insets featuring floral designs.

A Napoleon III Giltwood and Gilt-Gesso Overmantel Mirror. France, Circa 1860 This fine and large overmantle mirror is designed in the Louis ...

This 19th century Baroque style giltwood mirror features not only intricate carvings but a lovely gilt repousse border. With nicely articulated fo...

Modernist style basketweave pattern mirror, 28" x 24" Available in custom sizes. Please contact the gallery for information.   

A fine Louis XVI style carved giltwood and gesso mirror. The pierced scrolling crest surmounted by ho-ho birds flanking a basket of fruit over a shaped central bevelled mirror pla...