Antique French Kingwood and Ormolu Wall Mirror, circa 1860

This is a large impressive antique French Louis XIV carved giltwood and gesso wall mirror, Circa 1760 in date. The frame is surmounted with an elaborate carved and pierced giltwood ...

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 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 French Louis XVI revival ormolu mounted marble table lamp, Circa 1860 in date. This beautiful ormolu mounted boldly veined breche violette mable table lamp is decorated...

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

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...

Small antique giltwood oval mirror Louis XVI style, circa 1860. Orned with "rais-de-cœur" around the glass mirror. Gilding to the leaf pat...

Antique French Carved Giltwood Mirror with Beveling, Circa 1860.

Fine late Biedermeier Nutwood wall mirror out of Austria, circa 1860. This mid-sized 19th century wall mirror features great carved nut wood bars over an overlapped inserted substruc...

Large French antique mirror, Napoleon III period, circa 1860. Antique frame, black and gilded to the leaf, with openwork shell and adorned ...

Gigantic antique wall mirror, gold around 1860. Impressive and massive wooden frame, with stucco work, gilded. The mirror can also be hung in width.

Renaissance design.