Gesso Mirrors

Empire Style Mirror, France, 1930s. Beautiful Empire style rectangular mirror in beige patina with neoclassical relief foliage and floral ornamentation with gilded details . The fra...

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...

A beautiful gilt gesso wall mirror, most likely was originally a mirrored central panel, the gesso floral swags and raised beaded edge clearly and wonderfully time worn, areas of los...

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. ...

Finely Carved Gold Leaf Giltwood Florentine Wall / Console Mirror, Italy, 1930s-1940s The frame is richly adorned with carved acanthus leaves, scroll details. It wears its original g...

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...

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...

Rare Swedish Gustavian Mirror with stunning patina. Sweden 1770-1810 An elegant Swedish Gustavian mirror dating from the late 18th century, circa 1770–1810. Crafted in pine and gess...

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...

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...

Elegant Louis IV Gilt Mirror and Marble Top Gilt Console Table, France, circa 19th Century. Retains warm original patina. The mirror measures an impressive 58"h x 39"w x 3"d. The ma...

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...

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

This ornate mirror reflects the Rococo style popularized in Europe during the 18th century, characterized by its curved lines, asymmetrical motifs, and abundant decoration. The frame...

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 ...

Large light brown washed and carved mirror circa 1870-1899. Gesso-covered mirror washed in light brown color with remnants of original terracotta color size...

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...

Giltwood Wall Mirror, Gold Leaf Gorgeous Regency style giltwood circular mirror manufactured at the midcentury period by Francisco Hurtado. Spain, 19...

Hand-constructed from wood and gesso with a gold leaf overlay, this French giltwood mirror is in the style of Louis XIV. The frame, which dates to circa 1890 (it was originally supp...

A French Empire small giltwood and gesso decorated mirror, 19th C.

This is an elegant French Louis Philippe mirror dating from circa 1870, originating from Northern France. The restrained architectural form, with its characteristic softly rounded up...

Pair of Chippendale style elaborate giltwood wall or console mirrors. The pair oval in form with a clean center mirror flanked by a finely carved carved frame of roses, floral design and scroll having full bodied winged birds perched on each side of each mirror. These large and impressive Italian mirrors are certain to make a statement in any room in the home. An archetype of the finest English design and craftsmanship, Chippendale style furniture originated with cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale in the 18th century. The style was immediately popular and adopted across Europe and America – and it continues to be a favored style for sophisticated and traditional interiors today. Drawing inspiration from Gothic, Rococo and Chinese design, original-inspired Chippendale furnishings are often variable in their overall aesthetic but are consistent in their aura of luxury and elegance. Essential to Chippendale-style furniture is the use of fine hardwoods, such as mahogany and walnut, and often the presence of a dark finish, which emulates old-world, monarchal designs. Stylistically, refined details like yoked chair...

French foliage grapevine gilt wood and gesso flanking dove wall mirror. Early 19th Century. Mirror retains the original silvered looking glass and...

Early 20thC English Barbola oval table mirror adorned with delicate little flowers. This rare Barbola piece retains its original backing & easel. In excellent vintage condition. ...

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...

Ornate gilt mirror, Italian, circa 1950s. Retains warm original patina to both the gilt wood frame and the original mirrored glass.

French early 19th century mirror.

This highly decorative large mirror has a carved central crested pediment flanked by griffins. The open mirrored side panels, combined with the large central shaped plate give a grea...

A fantastic English Regency mirror, circa 1840s, beautifully crafted in gesso and gilt with antique mirror glass. This elegant piece has a wonderfully decorative presence, with its r...

A very good Victorian oval gilt mirror, original bevelled glass, can be hung landscape of portrait, in overall great condition. 34"x 24" You are wel...

Late 19th Century French overmantle mirror in giltwood and painted decoration.  With its original mirror plate and wooden backboards, fitted ...

A fine French rectangular wall or hall mirror from the 19th century, featuring a moulded ribbed surround with a beautiful patinated gold-leaf, and raised decorative cartouches to eac...

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 ...

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

Large early 19th Century Northern Italian Louis Philippe gilt mirror from the Lombardy region.  Superb quality fine detailed frame with original gilding. Original mercury glass mirr...

A superb pair of English Regency mirrors of classical form. The reeded columns with square bases and topped with superbly carved capitals. Th pediment carved, gilded and set with Pri...

Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Antique French Neoclassical Baroque Style Gold Gilt Gesso Red Glass Frame Wall Mirror...

Elevate your interior with this gorgeous giltwood Italian Hollywood Regency wall mirror, a striking decorative piece that effortlessly blends elegance and versatility. Crafted with a...

Classic antique Victorian hand crafted wide ornate gesso frame, hand painted in ivory frame with a new beveled mirror. The frame features an ornate outside border with three inset i...

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 ...

hand-carved and masterfully lacquered, this fantasy mirror by Phyllis Morris features exaggerated lavender poppies and beautifully carved foliate detailing.

A MAGNIFICENT GEORGE II STONE-PAINTED PIER GLASS IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM KENT, CIRCA 1730. Carved in lime wood and Baltic pine. The eared Greek-key frame surmounted by a frieze wit...

Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Antique 18th C. French Louis XV Baroque Style Green Distress Painted Trumeau Wall Mir...

This exquisite gilded French Louis XV wall mirror embodies the elegance and refinement of 18th-century Rococo design. Expertly crafted, the frame features intricate hand-carved detai...

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...

Louis XVI Mirror. Italian gilt metal long rectangular egg guilloché repousse trim framing original mercury glass mirror, with neoclassical anthemion brass repoussé top and bottom ele...

George II giltwood and gesso mirror with beveled two glass parts within a lattice and flowerhead decorated border. Frame is decorated with flowerheads and scrolling acanthus and surm...

Beautiful antique French mirror with a fabulous crest and original slightly foxed glass. The crest is decorated with floral decoration and C-scrolls. The colour of the frame is off-w...

Glamorous 19th Century Gilt Mirror, likely Italian or French, circa early 19th Century. It measures an impressive 37.5" height x 36.75" width. It retains its warm overall patina to b...

A Charming Whimsical French 19th-20th Century 'Belle Époque' Gilt-Wood and Gesso Carved Triptych Figural Pier Mirrors. The scrolled Rococo floral, acan...

This is a very attractive original English oval wall mirror with a gold coloured frame of gesso on wood, with good rope twist and beaded frame detail and bevel glass, which we date ...

1960's Hollywood Regency Wall Mirror. Mirror has been silver-leafed at some point in its life. Great shape and feel. Frame shows loss to silver-leaf which adds to the overall look...

A Very Fine and Large Whimsical French 19th/20th-Century Louis XV-Style Belle Époque Giltwood and Gesso Carved Figural Mirror Frame. The beautifully carved and cast crest crowned by ...

A super Victorian oval mirror on the large side, with bow detailing and bevelled mirror plate, in lovely original condition. 37" high 27" wide You are welcome to view this item at ...

A Louis Philippe French gilded mirror with curved top corners, ribbed pattern and flowers in the corners. Tall elongated proportions. Bright gilt finish is in good condition with min...

The very old, if not original convex plate surrounded by an ebonized fillet, set within its exceptionally large & finely gilded wooden frame, featuring a cavetto-shaped molding d...

A very fine and large French 19th-20th century Louis XV style Belle Epoque giltwood and gesso carved figural mirror frame, surmounted with a hovering cherub, a cherub mask, scrolls, ...

Hand formed outer edges to a simple hardwood wood frame, a rare & spectacular example of the Art & Crafts movement in pristine condition.

George III Gilt Pier Mirror - with rectangular bevelled plate, with urn and eagle surmount, hung with ball and chain and gadrooned frame - 16"w x 35"h

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