Georgian Oval Rococo Mirror

Mid-18th century English carved and gilt rococo mirror with foliate and scroll carving, the sides with vines of flowers and leaves and with scrolled acanthus leaf flourishes.

George III period rococo two plate mirror of substantial scale, having arched beveled upper and beveled lower plates having foliate and scroll carved gilt frame with scrolled acanthu...

Good pair of George III giltwood rococo mirrors having foliate and rocaille carving, and retaining much original gilding.

Fine 18th century Danish or Swedish rococo mirror having a shell decorated crest with foliate adorned ribbed frame, the original arched beveled plate with...

A Magnificent Pair of George II Style English Carved Giltwood ‘Rococo’ Wall Mirrors After A Design By Thomas Johnson. Of large proportions, each mirror having a cartouche-shaped plate within a profusely carved and pierced branch-entwined frame with stylised acanthus foliate rocaille and ‘C’-scroll decoration, architectural motifs and running dogs, surmounted by an asymmetrical pagoda form cresting with rockwork spires and a seated rustic couple holding a basket, flanked by confronted Ho-Ho birds, with a conforming asymmetrical apron of acanthus and waterwork icicles centred by a perching bird. This magnificent and ornate pair of English wall mirrors or ‘pier glasses’ are refined and reduced from a design by Thomas Johnson (1723–1799) first published in 1756 and included in his ‘Collections of Designs’ (1758), plate 4, and republished in his ‘One Hundred and Fifty New Designs" (1761) as plate 22. Pier Glasses were designed to be placed on the wall or 'pier' between windows; as well as forming part of a decorative scheme they provided an important functional use, creating a reversal of dynamic with the windows at night, reflecting and maximising the light given off by candles or oil lamps. Johnson’s asymmetrical design creates a sense of fluidity and lightness to the mirrors, employing ‘contraste’ in the placing or absence of elements, to create a stylised form, which through the dynamic tension of its constituent parts instils the mirrors with a sense of playfulness and vitality. In London throughout the 1740s and 1750s there developed a great enthusiasm for the whimsical Rococo style, and it rapidly became the height of fashion, popularised, and disseminated throughout the country and further afield by cabinetmakers’ 'Books of Prices', and 'Directories'. The second half of the 19th century saw a revival of the Rococo style in England and many designers and furniture makers turned once again to Chippendale’s ‘Director’ and designs by Matthias Lock and Thomas Johnson for inspiration, with fine examples based on modified designs or specific plates. Thomas Johnson’s designs, executed in a vigourous picturesque manner, are often inspired by the work of earlier French designers, transposing motifs taken from engraved ornament by Jean Bérain, Daniel Marot, William de la Cour, J. B. Toro and Francis Barlow...

Small Rococo Oval Gilt Wall Mirror The Mirror has an exquisite age darkened gilt Frame in the Rococo Style, it has a oval shape and decorated with ribbo...

Outstanding finely carved palatial Rococo style mirror with gold leaf finish in a very big size. France, 1850. A superb example of gilt Rococo style framework. The frame has a beau...

A Pair of Oval Rococo Gilt Wall Mirrors Each of the Mirrors have an exquisite gilt Frame in the Rococo Style, they have a large Ribbon the t...