Antique Italian Gilded Florentine Mirror, 18th Century

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...

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...

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 giltwood ...

This is a stunning Italian Florentine carved giltwood mirror, dating from the late 20th century. The mirror plate is within a boldly-carved and pierced scrolling foliate frame within an egg and dart border. This is a very decorative item which will look amazing in any room. Condition: In excellent original condition, please see photos for confirmation of condition. Dimensions in cm: Height 154 x width 110 x depth 7 Dimensions in inches: Height 60.6 x width 43.3 x depth 2.8 Mirrors are commonly used for personal grooming or admiring oneself (in which case the archaic term looking-glass is sometimes still used), decoration, and architecture. The earliest manufactured mirrors were pieces of polished stone such as obsidian, a naturally occurring volcanic glass. In classical antiquity, mirrors were made of solid metal (bronze, later silver) and were too expensive for widespread use by common people...

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 superb Italian 18th century Florentine giltwood mirror. The mirror plate is framed within a beautiful giltwood border with a fine berried lau...

Beautiful 18th century Italian water gilt carved wood Florentine mirror. Superbly carved in ornate acanthus leaf motif and having a rich lustrous gilt finish.

Wonderful, important Baroque frame in wood gilded with pure gold. Richly carved with acanthus leaf volutes, it represents in the highest degree the skill of Italian master carvers. I...

Very impressive large scale 18th century Italian Florentine giltwood mirror. Amazing elaborate carvings and gorgeous gilt finish. A true work of art!!

A most attractive Italian 18th century Baroque period Florentine rectangular mirror in ebony and giltwood. The ebony frame with a handsome mottled design has a very decorative and ri...

18th century French gilded mirror with carved doves and foliage, retaining its beautiful, original faded gilding.