Gesso Mirrors

Carved wood with gesso and gold metal finish Regency style convex mirror.

Finely Carved Giltwood Rococo Style Mirror, Spain, Early 20th century. The frame is richly adorned with carved leaves, flowers and scrollwork details. It wears its original glass. It...

An antique 19th century Eastlake Victorian mirror with decorative border and gilt accents. Deep well frame with marblized inner frame. The frame has a ...

Pretty little framed mirror with new backing & wire. Aesthetic movement frame with a geometric background with overlaid pattern of flower blossom and leaves hand painted in 2 ton...

This unique gold-gilded French Louis-Philippe mirror was made in 1890. The frame has a pinewood core that was first smoothed with gesso and then coated with a layer of red clay known...

A beautiful large oval mirror with rich ornaments and original facetted mirror plate. The mirror has a very warm antique look and feel. The mirror has an ornate top decoration with a central “fleur de lis” with floral elements. At the bottom, there is also a smaller decoration with acanthus and floral elements. This mirror is made in Southern France and it has a solid pine frame that was smoothened with gesso. The most elevated part of the frame features a floral engraving and the inner part is adorned with a Classic pearl beading. The ornaments were casted with the use of ground cattle bone and plaster, reinforced with steel wires. The mixture of these materials is used in early mirror frames. Before casting was common practice, ornaments were hand carved in wood. A time consuming process and with the growing demand for these mirrors, new production methods were introduced. Later on larger...

"This exceptional large mirror was crafted in Northern France at the end of the 19th century, around 1870. The mirror features the characteristic rounded upper corners typical of the...

Amazing Louis Philippe period mirror with a finely ribbed carving frame and gold leaf finish. France circa 1860. Elegant, strong and soung, this mirror has a gorgeous original aged ...

On offer here is a tall and slender French Louis Philippe mirror, that dates from the mid-to-late 19th century. It showcases the hallmark features of the Louis Philippe period, inclu...

An Attractive Mid 19th Century Early Victorian Period Giltwood And Gesso Circular Convex Mirror, Of Relatively Small Proportions, Having Very Well Carved Eagle On Rocks Bearing Chain...

A very fine French Empire style 19th century Napoleon III giltwood and gesso carved figural mirror frame, flanked by a pair of sitting winged sphinxes, with carved scrolls, garlands ...

A dreamy square mirror in the Modern Art Deco style featuring a boldly contoured molded wood frame with a distressed silver gilt finish. The curvaceous profile is punctuated by four ...

A wonderful late 19th century antique French gilt wall mirror. This mirror has a very elaborate gesso frame that is simple amazing. Overall in good condition but does need some repai...

This is a wonderful early Italian Venetian carved wood and gesso mirror that was updated probably in the 1970's with bright orange paint which is coordinated with the original gold a...

3-1128 French full length wood and gesso mirror with ornate detailing.

This beautiful Baroque golden mirror is made in France, circa 1850. The frame has an arched top and is enriched with intricate decorations. The mirror has an ornate crest with a ce...

The beautiful and elegant Antique Rectangular Mirror with Cimasa and Gilding offered here is from the mid-19th Century and has its original and authentic antique ground mirror, slig...

Chic, voguish Trumeau style wall mirror, having a black and gold frame with a decorative raised classical style urn and foliate design, fluted columns, and raised molding trim. The ...

Antique French Trumeau Mirror with a Great Patina, also defines that Shabby Chic look. This is a completely unrestored Antique French Trumeau probably made in the late 1800's and cou...

Floral framed beveled mirror with a gesso application over hardwood. new mirrored glass with small bevel. Beautiful frame with elaborate deep floral motifs intertwined in tones of gr...

A striking Venetian style mirror, circa 1920. Carved wood with applied gesso decoration and polychrome painted with floral motifs in reds, white, yellow and greens over a bright turq...

On offer here is a large antique oval mirror that was made in France in the second half of the 19th century, circa 1860. The mirror is decorated with beautiful ornaments with rich sy...

Gold Leaf Branches Mirror, probably Italian, circa 1960s. Retains warm original patina to both the gilt frame and mirror that only come with age.

A stunning Art Deco-style mirror featuring the original glass. The swirl motif frame is hand painted in a natural greige/euro linen paint accented in gold then waxed. There are aged ...

American Federal gilt wood and gesso acanthus foliage convex mirror with central ebonized molded reeded ring, interior lambs tongue border, exterior gilt wood circular spheres, and d...

This exquisite 19th century French mirror captures the timeless elegance of classical design and the refined craftsmanship of the period. The rectangular frame is richly adorned with...

A hand carved, gessoed and gilded framed mirror with floral and vine designs. Original glass with age-appropriate spotting and loss of silvering to plates.

A Magnificent Pair of George II Style English Carved Giltwood ‘Rococo’ Wall Mirrors After A Design By Thomas Johnson. Of large proportions, each mirror having a cartouche-shaped plate within a profusely carved and pierced branch-entwined frame with stylised acanthus foliate rocaille and ‘C’-scroll decoration, architectural motifs and running dogs, surmounted by an asymmetrical pagoda form cresting with rockwork spires and a seated rustic couple holding a basket, flanked by confronted Ho-Ho birds, with a conforming asymmetrical apron of acanthus and waterwork icicles centred by a perching bird. This magnificent and ornate pair of English wall mirrors or ‘pier glasses’ are refined and reduced from a design by Thomas Johnson (1723–1799) first published in 1756 and included in his ‘Collections of Designs’ (1758), plate 4, and republished in his ‘One Hundred and Fifty New Designs" (1761) as plate 22. Pier Glasses were designed to be placed on the wall or 'pier' between windows; as well as forming part of a decorative scheme they provided an important functional use, creating a reversal of dynamic with the windows at night, reflecting and maximising the light given off by candles or oil lamps. Johnson’s asymmetrical design creates a sense of fluidity and lightness to the mirrors, employing ‘contraste’ in the placing or absence of elements, to create a stylised form, which through the dynamic tension of its constituent parts instils the mirrors with a sense of playfulness and vitality. In London throughout the 1740s and 1750s there developed a great enthusiasm for the whimsical Rococo style, and it rapidly became the height of fashion, popularised, and disseminated throughout the country and further afield by cabinetmakers’ 'Books of Prices', and 'Directories'. The second half of the 19th century saw a revival of the Rococo style in England and many designers and furniture makers turned once again to Chippendale’s ‘Director’ and designs by Matthias Lock and Thomas Johnson for inspiration, with fine examples based on modified designs or specific plates. Thomas Johnson’s designs, executed in a vigourous picturesque manner, are often inspired by the work of earlier French designers, transposing motifs taken from engraved ornament by Jean Bérain, Daniel Marot, William de la Cour, J. B. Toro and Francis Barlow...

Early 20th century LXVI style Trumeau original purchased in Paris. Gesso and painted white with original mirror installed. Overall size: 73 3/4" x W 51 1/2".

The Antique Gilded Mirror proposed here has a Gold Leaf Gilded Frame, 19th century. Antique mirror without a selvage is decorated with engraved floral motifs, flowers and leaves, ...

This beautiful Louis Philippe mirror was made in Northern France in the late 1800s. The mirror has a solid pine frame that was smoothened with gesso. The mirror frame is painted to ...

Hand formed original organic framed mirror, a period Arts & Crafts batwing frame. The form is also called "Piecrust" The gesso is hand formed over the hardwood frame. Clean solid...

A Charming Regency Period Circular Giltwood And Gesso Convex Mirror Of Good Bold Proportions, Having Superbly Carved Eagle Surmounted To Frame, With Original Gilded Surface And Appli...

Matched pair of French Antique Baroque Carved Gilt Mirrors. Wonderful pair of French Baroque style carved gilded mirrors. Fruitwood with Gesso and gilding, in very good condition. ...

Rococo-style mirror and console table. Marble top. Defects I'm not sure of the production date. Console table: H 85.5 x 74 x D 22 cm Thank you

French early 19th century mirror.

Beautiful Empire period large rectangular mirror with neoclassical relief ornamentation with gilded details and a very nice patina in beige color with red accents, France, circa 1810...

Pair of English Queen Anne burl walnut beveled wall mirrors with central gilt wood shell and foliage decorations, flanking upper star etchings, scalloped gilt foliage interior and ex...

A fine antique English barbola dressing table or vanity oval mirror with easel, circa 1920. This beautiful mirror has beveled glass and is crowned with a gesso floral swag. It would ...

A fine early 18th century Gilt Gesso wall mirror, the frame with shells at the apex and apron, raised burnished strap work and scrolling vines on a contrasting stamped ground. Retain...

Outstanding wood and gesso beige over mantel trumeau mirror with gilt accents, France, 19th century. This wall mirror wears its original antique glass in two parts. This stylish mi...

Pair of Gilt Rococo Style Oval Italian Mirrors, Italian, circa 1940s. They have been recently removed from The Carlyle Hotel in NYC. They are priced at $1800 each or $3300 for the pa...

K0598 A large  XIXth century giltwood wall mirror, having arched glass with minor imperfections in finely carved, moulded and gilded frame with leafy scrolls to the base and floral c...

Gorgeous Gilltwood Mirror, Spanish Colonial, Scalloped Frame and Mosaic Mirror Inlays. Spain, 1940s-1950s. The gilt frame was richly carved from solid woo...

A fine large French rectangular hall or over-mantel mirror from the 19th century, featuring a moulded surround with a beautiful patinated gold-leaf - perfect for use as a free standi...

Antique arts & crafts/ late Victorian Wood and Gesso Frame with a decorative flat frame with acorns & leaf pattern. The inner frame with a string of chain. Ornate pattern on ...

18th century gilt mirror with arched plate in the manner of Belcher. Hightly decorated throughout, the frame displays scrolled foliate detail...

A Very Attractive Regency Period, 19th Century, Giltwood And Gesso Overmantle Mirror, Having Attractive Carved Decoration To Top Incorporating Central Carved Shell And Foliate Scroll...

Impressive large horizontal mantel mirror having gesso gold leaf fancy French style.

An 18th century Italian Venetian-style wall mirror with original silvered patina.

Finely carved Louis XV giltwood mirror. France, 19th century. The frame is accented by foliage and floral motifs and beautifully adorned by a birds crest on top. Carved wood, covered...

A fine antique English barbola dressing table or vanity oval mirror with easel, circa 1920. This beautiful mirror has beveled glass and is crowned with a gesso floral swag. It would ...

Spanish Rococo Console Mirror with Crest Eye-catching Rococo Style giltwood mirror with foliage and floral carved details on the frame and striped and scroll decorations. The sinuous...

Stunning Louis XVI Palatial Mirror in Giltwood with foliage and floral carvings, 19th Century. An antique masterwork Louis XVI style gold leaf frame enclosing the original beveled mi...

P0220 Superb XIXth century French chateau giltwood mirror of versatile form, can be position horizontally or vertically, having original glass with characterful foxing in giltwood fr...

This is a small antique vanity mirror. An English, gilt gesso hallway mirror in neo-classical taste, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1870. Delightful mid Victorian mirror wit...

Dramatic Large Rococo mirror with original paint. A few missing elements, barely noticeable. Wired to hang both horizontally and vertically.

Imposing 19th century Italian carved floor mirror made on a grand monumental scale measuring over 6 feet tall. The mirror features a hand-beveled period thick glass plate mounted in ...

This is a very large antique overmantel mirror. A 230cm (7'5") x 189.5cm (6'2") English, giltwood and gesso wall mirror in the classical tast...

K0467 A beautiful French, cream and gold leaf wall mirror, having original bevelled edge glass with foxing in beaded and shaped frame with shell and elaborate floral centre crest to ...