Giltwood Wall Mirrors

Very elegant Louis Philippe gilt wall mirror, having original glass with some foxing in beaded and carved gilded frame with floral crest to the centre. This antique mirror retains it...

Antique large fine quality ebonised / silver gilt wall mirror or overmantle late 19th Century, C1895. Lovely charm and elegance. An impressive rare find, that would look amazing i...

This is a vintage wall mirror. A Continental, faux giltwood overmantel mirror in Regency revival taste, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1980. Of fine quality, with a bright...

A pair of double plate giltwood pier glasses, one George 1 and the other made to match by George Paton carver and gilder to Queen Victoria, each with the original, probably Queen Anne, shaped and bevelled glasses, the upper plate arched and cut with a central Brunswick star above a border of scrolls along the lower edge, all within a gadrooned frame carved in high and shallow relief with pendant bellflowers and scrolling foliage issuing from flowerheads, the swan-neck pediment centred on a cartouche. One Georgian circa 1730 and the other circa 1840. The older one with a paper label stating ‘Hugh Paton, Printseller and Picture Frame Maker…Her Majesty’s carver and gilder’. English. Footnote: The George I mirror, made c.1730, is an intriguing design that is based on the popular tabernacle shape that was a favourite of the Palladian designers in England such as William Kent and John Vardy. However, the way the slip inside the mirror is shaped indicates the Queen Anne period. This could be particularly significant as both plates in this mirror are original and may well have been re-used Queen Anne period plates. It was very common in even the grandest of homes to update mirrors by changing the style of the frame to suit the latest fashion whilst retaining and re-using the valuable mirror glass itself. This seems all the more likely with the present mirror due to the wonderful engraved Brunswick star and other designs on the top plate-again this form of decoration tends to be associated with mirrors from the William and Mary and Queen Anne periods and is almost always a sign of the highest quality as well. Although it has not been possible to find any provenance for this particular pair of mirrors, we are able to make several educated guesses due to the label on the back of one of them. The label is that of Hugh Paton, a very important and well-known mid-19th century tradesman based in Edinburgh (see below for more details about his business). Paton advertised widely in the Scottish press and from 1842 onwards he began to use the phrase “Carver and gilder to the Queen”, later amended to “Carver and gilder to the Queen and HRH The Duchess of Kent”. Although the Paton business continued under the control of his son, Hugh Paton himself had died by 1867. Therefore, our mirrors must have passed through his hands before that point. It was common practice for restorers to add their label to the back of pieces that they had worked on in some way and it is highly likely that Paton was asked to re-gild the George I mirror and then make a copy to match at the same time. The quality of the copy is quite remarkable and it is virtually impossible to tell the pair apart when viewed on the wall. Given Paton’s reputation and the location of his business, it is likely that the George I mirror belonged to a Scottish family of some prominence who then sought out the very best local gilder to work on their piece and make them a copy. Hugh Paton and his Business Hugh Paton’s business is recorded from 1827-1867, becoming Hugh Paton and Sons after his death in 1868 and flourishing until c.1892. During that time the firm occupied many different premises in Edinburgh including in Princes Street and Adam Square. Unfortunately, the relevant part of the label on our mirrors is damaged so we cannot say with certainty where the firm was based at the time that the mirrors were handled but, as stated above, the presence of the royal crest proves that the date must have been post-1842 and pre-1867 when the name of the firm was changed. As such, the firm would have either been based in Adam Square or at 10 Princes Street. Although it was common for tradesmen and women of this period to have had multi-faceted businesses, Paton operated in a truly astonishing number of markets. A brief biography of the man is maintained on the Science Museum website as he won the contract in 1851 to print the timetables for all of the railway services leaving from Edinburgh and Glasgow. An advert in the Glasgow Sentinel on the 8th of March 1851 mentioned Paton opening new premises in Glasgow specifically to print these timetables and mention was made of the fact that he had received permission to run adverts in the timetable booklets. This is just one example of Paton’s enterprising nature. The same advert described his business as “Printer and publisher, picture frame-maker and print-publisher, carver and gilder to the Queen and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent”. Later in the same advert, Paton mentioned that he was taking orders for “window...

This beautifully decorative mirror was made in France in the 18th century. Take a look at all the pictures to see the detail in the carving - we love the greyhound dogs! There ...

Rare antique wall mirror, circa 1960, gilded and silvered with decoration of rosettes in wrought iron ribbon in a silvered frame in hollow. Corner pieces adorned with a golden macaro...

Second half of 18th century, pair of Venetian Louis XV carved and gilt wood mirrors This fine pair of mirrors was made in Baroque Era in Venice in the second half of the 18th cent...

A late 18th century continental carved gilt wood mirror with pineapples and scrolls, unusual bordered mirrors to the sides of the main plate. Posssible Scandinavian, circa 1795.

Beautiful carved giltwood Baroque mirror, with its original foxed mirror glass. Italy, circa 1750. Weathered and minor losses.

Beautiful mirror in a golden decorative frame from Italy. The frame is made of wood. Mirror is in very good vintage condition. Original glass. Amazing patina. Beautiful piece for eve...

Mirror from France, hand-carved in gilt wood, from the LouisXVI Directory era or period, in the upper part carved in the shape of a vegetable shell and just below a carving of arrows...

Pair of Small Danish 18th Century Gilded Rococo Wall Mirrors Mirrors were originally each installed with two brass candlestick holder that we can offer to recreate at buyers reque...

K0161 very attractive gilded mirror, having original bevelled edge glass with some foxing in beautifully carved frame with beaded edge and leafy scrolls throughout finished with a sh...

Baroque style carved giltwood sunburst mirror. Spain, 1950s Eye-catching giltwood sunburst mirror with carved frame and patterned ring surrounding the central round glass This wall...

A medium mirror in a golden decorative frame from Belgium. The frame is made of wood. Mirror is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks in the frame. Original glass. Beau...

Lovely square gilt rococo wall mirror. The mirror is in a Gilt Rococo Style Frame, it is almost square in shape with a 4” wide decorated frame This i...

19th Century French Empire period carved giltwood rectangular mirror. An exceptional matched hand carved and gilded French mirror. Highly carved with flowers, original glass and ori...

Round Sunburst Mirror, Giltwood, Gold Leaf, Spain, 1960s Handcrafted sunburst mirror with short rays. Original gold leaf gilding and nice patina. This sunburst mirror combines Mid...

19th Century antique wood-carved and gilt wall mirror. The glass flanked with carved floral and scroll motif. With tassel pediment scrolls and flower heads.

Georgian style giltwood mirror. The original cartouche-shaped bevelled plate mirror within a conforming frame elaborately carved with rocaille and c-scrolls. Dimensions Height 58.5...

Rococo style mirror miniature with a carved giltwood frame and crest, Spain, 1940s. A carved gold gilded foliage frame surrounding an oval shaped glass and a beautiful crest adornin...

A beautiful and very high quality original antique Adam Style mirror in gilt wood and gesso. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1890-1910 period. This is very well m...

Antique French giltwood wall mirror, Empire period, circa 1810. Antique gold leaf frame, period Empire, adorned with palmettes and vegetal mot...

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...

A charming pair of early 19th century carved gilt wood mirrors, the plates etched with a basket of flowers resting on the carved wood. Florentine circa 1830

Very decorative Italian frame in the manner of Sansovino, mid 19th century. Gilt and paint, carved with scrolls, masks and swags. Mercury glass with foxing, some light scratches. The...

A Fine Florentine Carved Giltwood Mirror. This impressive carved giltwood mirror has a waisted cartouche shaped bevelled plate, within a conforming...

A beautiful medium size mirror in a golden decorative frame from Italy. Looks absolutely fantastic! The frame is made of metal. Mirror is in very good vintage condition, no damage or...

An antique silver leaf mirror. A wonderful antique wall mirror, the deep, shapely pine frame in the original silver leaf finish. An exquisit...

An George III oval Chippendale mirror, circa 1770. Carved in pine, the mirror is decorated with rococo C-scrolls and trailing foliage and flowers. The frame has been re-gilded but retains an old process silvered mirror plate. Affixed to the backboard is a label for the ‘Grosvenor House...

Exceptional pair of circular mirrors in late 19th century gilded and carved wooden Florentine frames. These mirrors are of superb quality and...

A large Napoleon III antique mirror in parcel gilt, the bound laurel border to the frame is picked out in cream, as are the fine beads whi...

Antique french oval mirror, Louis XVI period circa 1780. Carved oak wood frame gilded with gold leaf adorned with "rais-de-cœur", pearls and...

Beautiful large giltwood framed mirror with sophisticated Graphical pattern. Made in Belgium by Deknudt (marked) in the 1970s. Very elegant with beautiful and unique inset black glas...

A beautiful oval mirror in a golden decorative frame with flowers from Italy. The frame is made of wood. Mirror is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks in the frame. Original glass. Beautiful piece for every interior! Red velvet on the back of mirror...

Rectangular florentine mirrow around 1880 made in Vienna in Baroque Revival Style. The acanthus carved frame in high relief is made of limewood. Smaller and tighter scrolling pointed...

Baroque style giltwood mirror, the original rectangular mirror plate surrounded by a carved and pierced frame with rocaille work and scro...

A beautiful medium size mirror in a golden/blue decorative frame with flowers from Italy. The frame is made of metal. Mirror is in very good vintage condition, no damage or cracks in...

A beautiful medium size mirror in a golden decorative frame from Italy. Looks absolutely fantastic! The frame is made of metal. Mirror is in very good vintage condition, no damage or...

This glamorous giltwood mirror was designed and manufactured in Spain in the 1940s to 1950s. It features an original carved wooden sunburst frame and mirror glass. The frame is in ve...

A very attractive mid-19th century gilt pier mirror, of unusually small proportions, having elegant foliate pattern verre églomisé pane...

A beautiful small mirror in a golden decorative frame with flowers. Produced in 1960s in Europe/Italy. The frame is made of wood, painted in gold wood paint. Mirror is in very good v...

Ornately hand-carved mirror in gilded wood produced in Florence, Italy during the 1950's.

Rectangular russet gilt wall mirror. The mirror has an age darkened decorative 2” wide Gilt frame with a Russet infill, the bevelled looking glass is the original and and is in go...

Large Early 19th century square gilt Rococo wall mirror The mirror has a wide a elaborate carved Giltwood Rococo Frame, it is almost square in shape with a 7” wide decorative fram...

This is a finely hand carved monumental Italian Rococo Revival giltwood mirror, dating from the late 20th century. It features a large exaggerated central multi directional pieced...

Spanish Colonial style gilt wood sunburst mirror with mirror insets in the frame, 1950S-1960S This lovely small sunburst mirror has a layer of mosaic small mirrors surrounding the c...

French antique giltwood mirror, Louis-philippe style with leaves ornaments and pearls. Re-gilding to the patinated leaf. Modern glass mirror. Antique frame width: 8 cm.

We are delighted to offer for sale this very nice modern Giltwood wall mirror with bevelled edge glass plate A very good looking and decorative mirror, it can be used in multiple ...

Sn4805, very attractive 19th century gilded mirror, having original glass with some foxing in decorative frame with foliage scrolls to base and leafy crest to the top enclosing small...

A hand-carved faux bamboo structure make this mirror exclusive and elegant. Each section of bamboo branch and binding is individually sculpted and then finished in an aged black patina. Completed with antiqued aged mirror...

A spectacular Italian mirror in the Rococo taste and monumental in size, end of 19th century, overall gilded and naturally distressed in original finish, the domed mirror surmounted by 'Grisaille...

Sold as a set. A dramatic and distinctive 19th Century large oval wall mirror, the assured carving and decoration of the flower-studded foliag...

Francisco Hurtado Scrollwork Giltwood Carved Oval Mirror One of a kind giltwood carved oval mirror with a highly decorative scalloped scroll-work fra...

Rare French antique mirror period Directoire (1789-1804). Carved wood ornament bay leaves, original gilding. Mercury glass mirror. Antique wood ba...

An elegant and refined George III giltwood and carton-pierre oval pier glass, late 18th Century, with egg and dart border below a husk-swagged urn cresting, a...

Antique giltwood mirror, Louis-Philippe French style, circa 1900. Antique frame mirror with foliage’s decor, re-gilding to the leaf patinated. Mo...

Stunning Hollywood Regency style carved mirror. The giltwood frame surrounds a glass mirror. Made in France circa 1960s. Beautiful Mirror for any room.