George III Giltwood Mirror

A fine French Napoleon III carved gilt wood mirror with acanthus and trophy decoration. The original split mercury plate.

An English George III style carved and painted mirror, with a bevelled glass plate.

A fine English George III carved and water gilded Chippendale period mirror. The gilding is dry scraped, with foliage, pagodas and surmounted by a hoho bird...

An American Louis XV style carved gilt wood and ebonised mirror by The Dauphine Mirror Co, West Palm Beach.

A fine English Regency convex girandole mirror, Finely carved and water gilded, with bronze and cut glass candle sconce arms. The mirror is ori...

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 ...

Oval with beaded and reeded outer frame, outer mirror frame with mounted paterae and inner leaf tip molded frame and oval plate.

A pair of 18th C. George III period Chippendale oval carved giltwood rococo mirrors. The pierced Ribbon Cartouche is above the oval plates within elaborate rocaille frames with pierc...

George II carved giltwood wall mirror, circa 1760.

A fantastic and extremely rare pair of George III period gilt Carton-Pierre and giltwood oval mirrors in the manner of John Linnell. Each mirror is gorgeously hand carved with meticulous detail and fine craftsmanship. The giltwood borders are designed with foliate crests above female masks, with aprons centered by a standing or recumbent left facing lamb. It is extremely rare to find a pair of mirrors of this date and in such amazing untouched condition, the mirror panels are most probably original and date to the late 1700s. Provenance: Jeremy, Ltd., London England, circa 1770 Carton-pierre, literal translation from the French - cardboard stone, was developed in the 18th century specifically to imitate wood and stone. The Formula typically included flour, chalk, sawdust, sand and plaster and bound with wax, resin, animal glues or gum arabic. The material could be moulded, bent and otherwise formed into the desired design. Preeminent makers like Gillows and John Linnell began using carton pierre in the late 1760s. The new material allowed for lacey decorative spandrels and festoons that could be made into nearly any length or shape required. These elements and the particular foliate umbrella canopy on this pair of mirrors relates to designs of William and John Linnell. The most famous example of this crest element is on the mirror supplied by Linnell to the 4th Duke of Beaufort for the State Bedroom at Badminton House...

George III Style Gilt-Wood Mirror. Having an Oval mirror plate, surrounded by a foliate carved giltwood fame. The oval frame with 2 carved Ho Ho Birds below the carved with a cen...

Carved giltwood mirror having a molded surround with a pierced crest in the form of a fruit-filled urn flanked by putti ending in foliate scrolled vines. An outer leafy surround and ...