19th Century George II Style Parcel-Gilt Wall Mirror

This is a beautiful antique George III mahogany parcel gilt wall mirror, circa 1780 in date. The mirror has got a beautiful mahogany frame with carved scrolling surmounted by a pi...

A beautiful Antique French giltwood Trumeau mirror with a painting, late 19th Century in date. The mirror features a beautiful ...

This is a beautiful antique Italian Renaissancce Revival carved walnut and bone inlaid wall mirror, dating from the late 19th century. The m...

A superbly carved and highly decorative fine quality Florentine giltwood overmantle mirror, mid 19th Century in date. This rectangular mirror consists of a superbly carved giltwo...

This is a superb pair of antique Italian Florentine giltwood mirrors, circa 1870 in date. The oval mirrors plates are set within a Rococo boldly-carved scrolling acanthus frame, and they retain the original gilding. Florentine style refers to the art and architecture coming out of Florence, Italy during the Renaissance period. Florentine furniture is characterized by the heavy use of gold gilding on wood and very elaborate hand carved decoration. This impressive pair is certain to make a charming addition to that one special room in your home. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: height 102 x width 63 x depth 4 Dimensions in inches: height 3 foot, 4 inches x width 2 feet, 1 inch x depth 2 inches Rococo Although Rococo is usually thought of as developing first in the decorative arts and interior design, its origins lie in the late Baroque architectural work of Borromini (1599–1667) mostly in Rome and Guarini (1624–1683) mostly in Northern Italy but also in Vienna, Prague, Lisbon, and Paris. Italian architects of the late Baroque/early Rococo were wooed to Catholic (Southern) Germany, Bohemia and Austria by local princes, bishops and prince-bishops. Inspired by their example, regional families of Central European builders went further, creating churches and palaces that took the local German Baroque style to the greatest heights of Rococo elaboration and sensation. An exotic but in some ways more formal type of Rococo appeared in France where Louis XIV's succession brought a change in the court artists and general artistic fashion. By the end of the king's long reign, rich Baroque designs were giving way to lighter elements with more curves and natural patterns. These elements are obvious in the architectural designs of Nicolas Pineau. During the Régence, court life moved away from Versailles...

A beautiful antique French burr walnut and parcel gilt mirror, circa 1880 in date. The rectangular mirror features a shaped crest with anthemion, a central gilt masque and further ...

An English George II style finely carved mahogany and parcel gilt mirror. Water gilded with an architectural pediment surmounted with an eagle and with swags and foliage. The mirror ...

Here is a handsome scroll-cut parcel-gilt Walnut mirror from the middle of the 18th century in the George II style. The frame is solid walnut, the glass is original as well is the back.

A 19th Century mirror gem with amazing and intricate hand carvings with fine and detailed floral inlays.

18th Century George II walnut and parcel-gilt mirror. The rectangular and bevelled plate within an eared rectangular frame. Surmounted by a moulded cornice with swan's neck cresting ...

A fine and impressive 18th Century Georgian giltwood and burl walnut mirror. Features scalloped gilt crest and ornate gilt surrounding the walnut frame. Centered with a parcel giltwo...

This elegant George III parcel-gilt mirror of beautifully grained Honduras mahogany features a scrolled swan neck pediment with central cartouche and elaborate foliate carving. More ...