George III Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors

A carved giltwood looking glass mirror based on designs by John Linnell. The frame formed of two ribbon-tied crossed branches of palms, punctuated by carved flower-head paterae. By J...

A George III style carved giltwood mirror After a design by Thomas Johnson Of grandiose proportions, the central oval glass plate built up in a concentric arrangement of mercury ...

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...

19th Century Mahogany Inlay Chest Top Shaving Mirror. Single drawer. Some tranishing on mirror indicate theboriginal mirror. Measures 14" in width, 7.5" in depth and 16" in height.

A beautiful pair all carved wood and gilded. True pair with the birds facing each other with a bird crest flanked by trailing leaves over an oval mirror plate with carved gadrooned o...

A fine naturalistically carved oval mirror with bird, branch and stylized animal decoration in the manner of Thomas Johnson. An exceptionally fin...

Surmounted by a triangular broken arch pediment centred by an urn above a dentil cornice and fluted frieze, the marginal plates within two bold tapering fluted columns with Corinthia...

Chippendale finely carved figural gilt and painted mirror. George III style figural carved with fox and Ho Ho bird drinking or eating from an urn at crest. A baby Ho Ho or mallard at...

A beautiful and original 18th century pier glass in a very well carved giltwood frame retaining its original two part mirror plate with atmospheric and attractive all over natural foxing yet still reflective. The pure gold gilding remains in lovely condition with only some slight rubbing to the high spots here and there which hint at the red bole clay coat below. The frame with carved and applied decoration of foliage set...

A George III Giltwood Pier Mirror of modest scale, with broken swan neck pediment with central shell cresting, above acanthus leaf carv...

The giltwood frame with a soft lustre, each having scroll arched pediment, centred by a pronounced shell with acanthus decoration above the original bevelled plates within a foliate ...

Fine and unusual George III giltwood border glass pier mirror of tabernacle form, the molded crest with gilt ball drops over panel having gothic fretwork and bow tied fronds over gad...

An exceptional Antique mirror having a fine contrasting Mahogany and Gilt wood frame with carved accents. The mirror is topped with an extravagant carved Floral crest and features a ...

The carved giltwood crossed boughs of branches that form the frame of this looking glass are decorated with oak leaves and acorns which are held at the ...

This oval carved and giltwood frame mirror, in the George III style of the late 18th century, is enriched by the acanthus leaf cresting supporting a tapered and fluted bracket, heade...

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...

A large carved oval, giltwood mirror in the style of George III and the late 18th century. The moulded frame is enriched with carved guilloche decoration, flanked by an inner bead mo...

A George II Giltwood Pier mirror. Of practical scale, with exuberant cresting and gently curving swan neck pediment, the untouched giltwood surface enclosing a shaped and bevelled me...

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