Gesso Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors

A stunning French 'trompe l'oeil' mirror. Superb work from the early 20th century, moulded construction of gesso on a timber frame, hand painted with finished gold detailing. The mi...

French gilt wood and gesso foliage swag medallion crest cherub wall mirror with interior bead work, ribbon border, and lower flanking acanthus motif...

French gilt carved wood and gesso wall mirror with a rope motif border, flanking floral corners, interior molded edge, and resting on molded rectangular plinths, Early 19th century.

K0606 A good 19th century gilded pier mirror or wall mirror, having original glass with that desirable foxing in arched frame with moulded edge and rope carved decoration. This antiq...

A large French 19th-20th century Belle Époque Louis XV style giltwood carved trumeau mirror frame. The elongated carved frame crowned with a scrolled finial surmounted with flowers, ...

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...

An elegant tapered shape, this carved wood and gesso mirror is surmounted by classic silver rubbed acanthus leaf detailing. Overall wonderfully aged patina. By Francisco Hurtado.

A pair of rectangular Greek key, egg and dart decorated classical Grand Tour inspired overmantel mirrors in an aged Gesso finish. We are currently working to a 30-36 week lead time.

K0461 19th century wall mirror of versatile form could be positioned portrait or landscape, having original mirror plate with superb foxing in beautifully carved and gilded frame wit...

A lovely Regency gilt mirror with Egyption detailing and bevelled mirror, in overall very good condition. Height 37.5" x 24" You are welcome to view this item at our showroom, ple...

Sn5646 Very attractive mid 19th century antique giltwood wall mirror or console table mirror, having original glass with minor imperfections in beaded and moulded frame decorated wit...

This elegant 18th century Régence looking glass has carved giltwood with mirrored borders, circa 1715-1730. The carved frame has floral and scrolling elements laid over the mirrored ...

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 very handsome early 19th century Regency Period cream painted & gilded console mirror. The frame showing an overhanging gilded architectural cornice surmounting a applied gilded an...

This is a beautiful hand carved, gessoed and gilded George II mirror. Dating from the mid eighteenth century. This incredibly large mirror is stunning and actually downright imposing...

A Regency design silver giltwood oval anthemion decorated looking glass mirror of large proportions. We are currently working to a 30-36 week lead time.

An Impressive Late 19th Century Carved Giltwood Rococo Style Mirror The large and wonderfully carved rectangular mirror surrounded with sprawling acanthus leaves, the inset part of...

Regency carved giltwood convex mirror, circa 1820 in date. The convex mirror is surrounded by an ebonized elegant reeded slip and a giltwood moulded frieze with ball mounts. The car...

Fantastic maximalist mirror of the utmost quality. Custom made with no expense spared. Made from carve wood with silver and gold leaf. The age glass made with perfection. Please not...

Monumental and beautiful American Art Nouveau gold gilded looking glass of rare form and size. Circa 1905-10, likely New York City, and in excellent condition. Retains the original g...

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...

Regency style mirror with painted and giltwood decoration.

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...

A fine large French arch top wall or overmantle mirror from the Louis Philippe period. Featuring a moulded surround with a beautiful patinated gold-leaf - the wider scale frame has ...