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Material: Gesso
Venetian Rococo Carved Polychrome Painted Green Gilt Wood Frame Wall Mirror
Located in Forney, TX
Add a touch of luxurious opulence, dramatic beauty, romantic warmth, depth, and timeless old world elegance with this magnificent Venetian Rococo wall mirror!
Italian, late 19th / e...
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Late 19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Wood, Pine, Giltwood, Paint
French 19th Century Gilt Rectangular Wall Mirror
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Extremely Attractive Mid 19th Century French Louis Philippe Period, Rectangular Giltwood And Gesso Overmantle Mirror, Of Good Proportions Having Elegant Arched Top To Well Carved ...
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Mid-19th Century French Victorian Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Giltwood
Greige Round Gessoed Wood Mirror Accented in Gold
Located in Malibu, CA
A stunning Art Deco-style mirror featuring the original glass.
The swirl motif frame is hand painted in a natural greige/euro linen paint is accent in gold then waxed. There are some...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Mirror, Gesso
Giltwood Beige Oval Mirror with Shell Motif Carved Frame, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Hollywood Regency giltwood oval mirror with carved shells frame with beige accents. Manufactured by Francisco Hurtado, Spain, 1950s
One of a kind finely carved oval large mirror with...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Hollywood Regency Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of George II Style English Giltwood ‘Rococo’ Wall Mirrors
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
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...
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19th Century English Rococo Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Giltwood
19th Century English Regency Convex Looking Glass with Girandole Arms
Located in Charleston, SC
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...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Specchio Dorato Francese Sagomato con Decori Vegetali Fiori e Frutti Fine 1800
Located in Milano, MI
Specchiera Dorata Antica Francese Di fine 1800 in legno dorato e sagomato, con specchio originale al mercurio in buono stato di conservazione a prescindere da qualche minimo segno ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Elegant Gilt Ribbon Form Mirror from The Carlyle Hotel
By Farber Bros.
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Gilt Ribbon Form Mirror, probably American, circa 1950s. It was recently removed from The Carlyle Hotel in NYC. It measures 41.5" height x 25...
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1950s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
French Restauration Parcel Gilt Rectangular Wall Mirror
Located in Barcelona, ES
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...
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19th Century French Restauration Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Wool, Wood
French Louis XV Style Giltwood Mirror
Located in Barcelona, ES
Louis XV style Rectangular mirror, France, 1930s-1940s.
Beautiful gilt wall mirror with foliage decorations at the corners, the style of Louis XV
Measures: 80 cm H x 69 cm W x 9 cm...
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20th Century French Louis XV Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th C. Carved And Gilt Over-the-Mantle Mirror
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Long rectangular three-part mirror with a carved surround with turned bars and raised foliate decoration. Rosettes in the corners. Overall matte gilt w...
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19th Century Georgian Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
A Beautiful Late 19th Century Carved Giltwood and Gesso Mirror
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Beautiful Late 19th Century Carved Giltwood and Gesso Mirror
Of rectangular form, with fantastically hand carved floral and foliage designs.
Details:
Height – 43 inches / 109cm
W...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Glass, Giltwood
Rare French 19th Century Pair of Giltwood Cherub Mirrors
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
Pair of large French Louis XV figural hand-carved wood and gesso mirrors. The elaborate carved mirrors feature extended floral swags from the crest to ...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Giltwood, Wood
French Full Length Ornate Arch Top Wood and Gesso Mirror, 1920's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-1128 French full length wood and gesso mirror with ornate detailing.
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1920s Vintage Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Hardwood
Italian Garibaldi Mirror, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
19th Century Italian Garibaldi mirror
Charming 19th century Italian Garibaldi mirror with etched and punched acanthus leaf decoration at each corne...
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19th Century Italian Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Giltwood
French Neoclassical Giltwood and Gilt-Gesso Pier Mirror, Circa 1820
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique French empire giltwood pier mirror. Circa 1820.
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Early 19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Giltwood
Very large Louis XVI style horizontal mirror W. 165 cm - H. 130 cm
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Very large Louis XVI style horizontal mirror.
Large mirror with pediment in gilded wood and gesso in the Louis XVI style.
Very beautiful gilding, beveled glass, wooden parquet floor....
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1880s French Louis XVI Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Giltwood, Mirror, Wood
Regency Carved Giltwood Convex Wall Mirror
Located in London, GB
A Fine Example of a Regency Carved Giltwood and Gesso Convex Wall Mirror. Rare to find of this quality in its original unrestored condition. The pediment surmounted with a finely car...
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1820s English Regency Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
Sunburst Convex Mirror in Small Scale, Baroque Style
Located in Barcelona, ES
Early 20th century carved giltwood mini sized sunburst mirror in Baroque style.
Beautiful carved giltwood sunburst mirror with convex glass in this unusual mini size.
Carved wood ...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Baroque Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Renaissance Revival Heavily Carved Wood & Gesso Over Mantle Mirror 19thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Renaissance Revival over mantel mirror offers carved wood and gesso frame having foliate, fruit, nut, and scroll elements, 19th century
Measure - 60"h x 32.25"w x 3"d
Ca...
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19th Century Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
Stunning Swedish Gustavian Provincial Mirror ca 1770-1810
Located in Farsta, SE
tunning Swedish Gustavian Provincial Mirror ca 1770-1810
The gold has almost completely worn away after centuries of dusting and cleaning, revealing its true age and character.
Fea...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Pine
Pair of English Gothic Architectural Giltwood Mirrors ~9 feet tall
Located in Hanover, MA
Truly extraordinary pair of English 19th century Gothic Revival architectural mirrors, nearly 9 feet tall.
In the manner of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (aka God's Architect).
I bought these for myself to use in my London flat...
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19th Century British Gothic Revival Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Mirror
Ornate Gothic Style Gilded Mirror with Cherub and Masks
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Dramatic Gothic style aged mirror having central cherub at the top, ornate frame and two mask like faces on each side. Mirror has natural spiderwebs and mercury with fabulous moody ...
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1930s American Gothic Vintage Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Victorian Giltwood Leaner or Wall Mirror
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5029, a large Victorian 19th century full length mirror, having original glass with age marks and foxing in moulded, beaded and gilded frame with rope scrolls to the base and rope ...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso
French Trumeau Painted and Gilt Wood Torchiere Foliage Wall Mirror, circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
French Trumeau painted and gilt carved wood gesso wall mirror with quiver of arrows, tassels, intertwined foliage torchieres, gilt b...
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Large Giltwood Carved Convex Sunburst Mirror
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic large handcrafted giltwood sunburst mirror with a convex looking glass. Made by Carvers Guild featuring a carved frame with angular facets covered in gold leaf. Over four fe...
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20th Century American Hollywood Regency Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Huge 19th Century French Louis XVI Palatial Giltwood Mirror with Foliage Carving
Located in Barcelona, ES
One of a kind Louis XVI Palatial Mirror in Giltwood with foliage and floral carvings.
An antique masterwork Louis XVI style gold leaf frame enclosing the original beveled mirror. Fra...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of English Regency Gilt Wood and Gesso Foliage Wall Mirrors, Circa 1815
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of English Regency gilt wood and gesso articulated carved foliage wall mirrors. Mirrors retain the original glass and wood backing. Early 19th century.
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1810s English Regency Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Florentine Giltwood Mirror with Foliage Frame and Arched Top
Located in Barcelona, ES
Finely Carved Gold Leaf Giltwood Florentine Wall / Console Mirror, Italy, 1930s-1940s
The frame is richly adorned with carved acanthusleaves, scroll details. It wears its original gl...
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20th Century Italian Rococo Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th/ 20th Century Giltwood Wall / Console / Pier Mirror, Rectangular
Located in Manhasset, NY
19th/ 20th Century Giltwood Wall / Console / Pier Mirror, Over the Mantle, Rectangular
A finely carved and decorative gilt wood and gesso wall mirror having a 24 kt gold finish. ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
Late 19th Century English Gilt Mirror
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century gilt mirror, English. Gilt on wood & gesso; scallop shells on the outset corners, repetitive neoclassical motif inner ribbon border & outer acanthus leaf border. Ba...
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Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Wood
A Very Large French Rococo Gilt Wall Mirror
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Huge Gilt Wall Mirror
This is a lovely old bevelled mirror, it is set in a large Decorative Gilt 6” wide Frame,
The mirror is in good used condition and a very decorative piece
The ...
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1940s Belle Époque Vintage Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso
Regency style convex Mirror
Located in Denton, TX
Carved wood with gesso and gold metal finish Regency style convex mirror.
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20th Century North American Regency Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Antique 19th Century French Baroque Gold Leaf Gilt Rectangular Mirror
Located in Casteren, NL
This beautiful rectangular golden mirror is made in France, circa 1870.
The frame is decorated with highly detailed baroque ornaments such ...
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Late 19th Century European Baroque Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Ornate Gilt Mirror
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ornate gilt mirror, Italian, circa 1950s. Retains warm original patina to both the gilt wood frame and the original mirrored glass.
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1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
Pair of 19th Century French Mirrors
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Pair of French 19th Century gesso painted mirrors with old foxed mirror plates.
Circa 1890.
Category
19th Century Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Paint
Monumental Ornate Wall or Floor Mirror
Located in Malibu, CA
A monumental rectangular silver leaf gilt & carved wood mirror. The long narrow rectangle mirror has a beautiful carved frame. An important piece for a grand space as a standing floo...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
French Louis Phillipe Gilt Wood and Gesso Floral Etched Wall Mirror, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
French Louis Phillipe gilt carved wood and gesso wall mirror with flanking rounded corners, floral etching, and interior single row of beading. Mirror retains the original silvered g...
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1820s French Louis Philippe Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century Giltwood Carved Mirror
Located in Huntington, NY
19th Century Giltwood Carved Mirror
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Mid-19th Century American American Empire Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gold
Empire Neoclassical Gilt Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Empire Neoclassical gilt mirror. Antique Italian gilt Neoclassical mirror frame with interior leaf and dart holding with large ogee band and o...
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Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
Decorative 19th century gilded over mantle
Located in Budleigh Salterton, GB
Very decorative mid 19th century gilded over mantle mirror
French circa 1870 with original bevelled mirror and backboards
Some foxing to the mirror , few minor bits of damage to ...
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1870s French Louis XV Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso
Early 19th Century Gilded Wall Mirror French Mirror
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
K0176 Attractive early XIXth century giltwood wall mirror of diminutive proportions, which can be positioned horizontally or vertically, having original mercury glass with sparkle an...
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Early 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso
Antique 19th Century Napoleon III French Oval Mirror
Located in Casteren, NL
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...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th century French gold leaf gilt and polished Louis Philippe mirror
Located in Casteren, NL
This mirror is a stunning example of an antique French Louis Philippe mirror, crafted around 1850, a period known for its subtle blend of craftsmanship and refined aesthetics. The fr...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Elegant Gilt Mirror from The Carlyle Hotel NYC
Located in Atlanta, GA
Elegant Gilt Mirror, believed to be Italian circa 1940s. It was recently removed from The Carlyle Hotel in NYC. It measures an impressive 50.5" heigh...
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1940s Italian Adam Style Vintage Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
Creaciones Gobesso Multi Color Murano Glass Rock Crystal Mirror
Located in Barcelona, ES
Rare Mid-Century Modern handcrafted circular mirror made of stucco accented with green, yellow, orange and purple rock crystals . Italy, 1960s.
Man...
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20th Century Italian Brutalist Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Rock Crystal
Early 19th Century William IV Gilt Convex Mirror Country House Antique
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A good sized early 19th century gesso and gilt convex mirror, in unrestored original condition. With areas of loss, abrasions and scuffs. The original mirror plate has areas of oxidi...
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Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Pine
Italian 19th Century Silver Gilt Mirror
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A lovely and unique Italian giltwood carved mirror made in the 19th Century. This silver gilded rectangular mirror is eye-catching with richly carved scrolls decorating the frame. The surround is beautifully colored by age, showing the remaining silver gilt over wood with the color of terra cotta bole and gesso coming through with spots of red ochre. The surface is attractively distressed but this mirror is structurally stable. The overall shape is rectangular and the old mirror plate is in great condition with just a bit of foxing that adds an alluring air of mystery. This exquisite hand-carved Italian antique...
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19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
French Gilt Carved Wood & Gesso Foliage Cartouche Wall Mirror, Circa 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
French gilt carved wood and gesso foliage cartouche wall mirror with an egg and dart exterior border, flanking acanthus carved corners, and interior bead work. Early 19th century. Mi...
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Early 1800s French Louis XVI Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
Fantastic French Gilded Figural Maiden Mirror with Full Body Birds and Flowers
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This spectacular gilded mirror dates to the 1880s era and is French. The mirror features full body carved birds with floral bouquets and full-figured maidens on each side. The mirror...
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1870s French Louis XV Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Fruitwood
Spanish Baroque Sunburst Mirror in Silver Leaf and Gold Leaf Giltwood
Located in Barcelona, ES
Outstanding Baroque style silver and gold leaf giltwood carved sunburst mirror, Spain, 1930s-1940s.
The carved wood frame is finished with gesso and gold leaf gilding in bronze tone...
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20th Century Spanish Baroque Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Dolphin Grotto Mirror
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A finely carved oval grotto mirror with stylized dolphins centred by a scallop shell.
We are currently working to a 30-36 week lead time.
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21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Wood
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Carved Giltwood & Gesso Trumeau Cherub Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and palatial French 19th century Louis XV style carved giltwood and gesso figural beveled mirror frame trumeau. The arched plate within a main...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Gesso, Giltwood
19th Century French Gilded Pier Mirror H111cm
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
K0102 Fine XXth century French giltwood wall mirror, having original mirror plate with minor imperfections is gilded and moulded gesso frame with decorative floral corners to the top...
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19th Century French Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
French Rococo Carved Giltwood Palatial Oval Mirror
Located in Barcelona, ES
Outstanding finely carved palatial Rococo style mirror with gold leaf finish in a very big size. France, 1850.
A superb example of gilt Rococo style framework.
The frame has a beau...
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Early 19th Century French Rococo Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
A Fine George I Gilt Gesso Girandole Wall Mirror
Located in Reepham, GB
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...
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Early 18th Century Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso
Russian Gilt Carved Wood and Gesso Arched Cornice Lapis Wall Mirror, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
Russian gilt carved wood and gesso wall mirror with an arched painted lapis cornice, flanking fluted acanthus columns, and decorated with lambs tongue, bell flower, interior bead wor...
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1780s Russian Regency Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Beautiful Empire French Period Trumeau
Located in Stockbridge, GA
Beautiful Empire French period Trumeau.
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Gesso Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Gesso, Wood
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