Antique 18th Century George III Pier Mirror

A stepped design in burl wood with a cornice at the top and a recessed panel with an oval mirror over the tall two-part mirror. A shelf with a dark wood inset oval has scrolled suppo...

An elegant and very well made Antique three drawer chest with Canted corners, handsome chosen wood, Urn Motif Brass Ring Pulls, Ribbon Motif Escutcheons, inlaid Diamond shaped center...

An extraordinary and rarely seen antique console with dark stained and carved oak frame and very interesting sinuous form in a very interesting Grotto Style. The Mirror is large and ...

A large and striking Neoclassical style mirror crafted with gilt palmettes on the cornice and frieze with basket of flowers and leaves. The segmented half column supports turned with...

A large and impressive mirror with a carved cornice with leafy bands and rosettes underneath. The wide top frieze with a band of palmettes framed by scrolled brackets. The surround o...

A bold and early carved oak wall mirror with an architectural feel, circa 1840. A tall narrow carved natural oak surround for the mirror. A high relief scrolled architrave at top wit...

Mid 19th Century George III Style Giltwood and Gesso Pier Mirror with a spread-winged eagle crest flanked by a pair of pineapple finials...

A George III Giltwood Pier Mirror In the Manner of Thomas Johnson An exceptionally detailed design; the superb carved decoration housing a shaped rectangular plate and undulating mirrored borders; the inner frame closely tied to the outer frame and leading the eye around the mirror. The grandiose masterful carving incorporating C-scrolls, flowering branchwork, stylized icicles, acanthus leaves, and distinctive architectural follies and figures which firmly place this mirror within the canon of Johnson's greatest designs. The confident execution is a great testament to the technical prowess and artistic creativity of one of the greatest carvers and designers of the eighteenth century, circa 1760. Provenance Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, Farmleigh, Co. Dublin, (1880?-1927); The Earls of Iveagh, Farmleigh, Co. Dublin & Elveden Hall, Suffolk (1927-2018). Thomas Johnson (1723-1799) Thomas Johnson was one of the most skilled carvers and furniture designers in Georgian England. Drawing inspiration from the Fables of Aesop, the rococo, China, and the idealised rustic life, his work is whimsical, exuberant and witty. Chippendale borrowed freely from his work. Johnson was a founder member of the 'Antigallican Society', a group who excoriated the French taste. In addition to its relation to Johnson's designs, this mirror also reflects the influence of Lock, the great master with whom he worked for a period. Lock published many sketches and pattern books, including A New Book of Ornaments for Looking Glasses in 1752, introducing several idiosyncratic features which Johnson would adopt such as the small decorative urns...

Beautifully hand-carved, gessoed and 22k gold gilded, c. 1760 pier mirror inset with its original two panels of mercury glass. The whole embellished with relief carved scrolls, and s...

A fine and rare early 18th century George I Gilt Gesso pier or console mirror. In the manner of John Belchier The shaped bevelled mirror plate sit...

France, circa 1780 A late eighteenth century painted Rococo pier mirror retaining a bevelled plate, with mannered pierced C scroll to the cresting, the frame carved with paterae. Th...

This carved gilt-wood mirror has a tightly designed Rococo frame in the style of George III. The vigorous acanthus leaf scrolls are entwined with trailing leaves and flowers and with...