Antique French Giltwood and Grey Painted Overmantel Mirror, 19th Century

This is a magnificent antique French Louis Revival giltwood overmantle mirror, circa 1860 in date. The bevelled rectangular mirror plate is framed with marginal side plates. It has ...

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

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...

This is a fabulous large 4ft antique Italian Florentine giltwood mirror, Circa 1880 in date. The oval mirror consists of a superbly carved cresting to the top and bottom, the frieze...

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

Impressive size French Trumeau mirror in the Louis XVI style dating from the early 1800s. The oil on canvas painting depicts a musician dressed in court attire, a young gentleman pla...

A paint and gilt decorated mirror. The light wear to paint and gilding adds much charm.

Beautiful and unusual giltwood mirror.

Rare French antique giltwood mirror, wedding mirror late 19th century. Carved wood, composition garlands of flowers, gilded in fine gold (Original gildi...

Louis XV style giltwood overmantel mirror, early 19th century.  

A fine Austrian 19th century Rococo style giltwood carved and Gesso overmantel mirror frame with shelves. The ornately carved floral and scrolled crown centred with a mirror plate an...