Giltwood Wall Mirrors

A Pair of Venetian Rococo Carved Giltwood Mirrors. These mirrors have elaborate pierced strapwork crestings surmounted by a shell-shaped corona above a cartouche-shaped plate, the...

A fine pair of large carved giltwood and Gesso mirrors. Each mirror has an arched mirror plate framed by foliate carved borders. Possibly Italian or Austrian, circa 1870.

A giltwood mirror in the mid-18th century manner. Enclosed within a carved and gilded swept and shaped symmetrical frame, adorned with ‘C’ scrolls, foliated and floral ornamentati...

A very fine Louis XVI style carved giltwood and composition marginal mirror. French, circa 1890. This fine mirror has a gadrooned, beaded and e...

The rectangular plate surmounted by a musical trophy cresting with accanthus leaves. Two scroll brass branches. The mirror is signed by the manufacturer Petter Gustaf Bylander, Göteb...

The frame of this fine, Italian, antique giltwood mirror references a style that was often used in designs for marquetry that was popular late in the reign of Louis XIV and pioneered...

A Georgian Chippendale period gilt-wood mirror, the original rectangular mirror plate with rounded corners within an openwork carved gilt-wood frame comprising rocailles, pendant flo...

Fine George II gilt carved wood and gesso mirror, the central cartouche with cabochon carved center, flanked by scrolled pediment having foliate carving and egg and dart molded edge,...

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 George II carved wood and gilt gesso mirror, the central cartouche flanked by swan neck pediment having egg and dart carved molded edge, the body with foliate relief carving on ...

Exceptional, rare and unusually large pair of late Gustavian gilt wood mirrors with gouaches in neoclassical Pompeian style and faux porphyry marble mirror frame. Stockholm, ca 1790.

The mirror plate of cartouche form within a conforming surround carved with rocaille decoration.

The convex mirror plate within an ebonies reeded surround and spiral reeded frame with lotus-leaf clasps; surmounted by a pair of addorsed dolphins on a rockwork plinth flanked by sc...

Each with cartouche-shaped mirror plate within an exuberantly carved rocaille frame.

Italian Venetian-style (19/20th Century) gilt shaped vertical wall mirror with an etched figure of an 18th century man in a carved frame with a shell design.

19th Century arched blue glass gilt-composition mirror. The deep cobalt blue border glass frame with gilt stiff-leaf and beaded border, surrounding shaped bevelled plate. The plate i...

French gilt mirror with doors, French mirror purchased in Japan, with doors that close and beautifully gilded framing. Includes original mirror with ...

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.

A Rare and Large Pair of Florentine Cartouche-Shaped Giltwood Wall Mirrors. Each surmounted by an elaborate pierced rocaille cresting of shells and trailing flowers. The frame wais...

A Pair of Louis XVI Style Carved Giltwood Mirrors. Each mirror with an arched mirror plate and corresponding frame carved with still leaf decoration and an arched pediment centred ...

An attractive American giltwood and gilt composition mirror retaining its original glass plate, the frame with a gadrooned and rope form borde...

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...

A Large Napoleon III Carved Giltwood & Gesso Mirror. Grand in size and decoration, this impressive Napoleon III period overmantel mirror is designed in the Louis XVI style with an ...

A pair of 18th century French giltwood and border glass mirrors having rectangular rococo frames surrounded by scroll and leaf decoration to borders and surmounted by elaborate crest...

Large Art Deco glass and giltwood mirror Continental, c. 1930 Height 172cm, width 127cm, depth 9cm This striking mirror was expertly crafted around 1930, during the peak years of ...

19th Century Irish Regency mirror, often referred to as a ‘Galway Mirror’, this ebonized and parcel gilt oval mirror with faceted glass bead detai...

18th century Swedish Gustavian single arm candle sconce mirror with center cameo, origin: Sweden, circa 1780 In Scandinavia, candlelight is an important element found in any interio...

Fine George III oval giltwood classical mirror, the carved eagle crest standing on a rockwork base, surmounting a gadroon carved oval frame with fluting an...

NEOCLASSICAL POLYCHROMED AND PARCEL-GILT PIER MIRROR Northern European, circa late 19th century Item # 307PMQ13Q Featuring a rectangular elongated form of gilded molded-gesso borde...

19th Century gilt wall mirror in the Rococo style with finely carved detail throughout. The oval glass plate sits within a gilt frame of elaborately scrolling foliage, feathers and a...

FRENCH LOUIS PHILIPPE WALL MIRROR Circa late 19th century Item # 306IVX21P This nearly full-length wall mirror from the Louis Philippe period features an incredibly relevant form t...

A Fine Pair of George III Style Carved Giltwood Mirrors. Each mirror has a rectangular bevelled mirror plate within a carved giltwood frame of acanthus and 'C'-scrolls, surmounted b...

A Fine Pair of Louis XVI Style Giltwood Marginal Frame Mirrors. This fine pair of carved giltwood and geso mirrors each have an oval bevelled mirror plate framed by four mirrored s...

The rectangular mirrors are surmounted by and allegorical crest and hung with strings of graduated beads, painted in cream, blue and grey with gilding.

18th Century carved giltwood mirror, the ornate pierced carved asymmetric frame consisting of C-scrolls, rock-work, acanthus foliat...

The antiqued oval mirror plate within a conforming frame of an incised silver gilt set between blue borders applied with glass beads.

A superb quality English Regency period pier mirror, the replaced mirror plate surmounted by a beautifully carved eagle with spread wings and a downward gaze atop a demilune cresting...

Pair 18th century Irish Chippendale gilt mirrors with original water gilding complete with delicate floral decoration and sweeping scrollwork d...

A fine Tall giltwood trumeau mirror with figural uprights. This impressive and tall trumeau mirror has a shaped scrolling cresting above a painted panel depicting a nymph holding...

19th century Regency gilt compartmental overmantel mirror. This piece is of the rectangular form and flanked on either side by classical-style columns, with carved scrolling capitals...

18th century gilt mirror with arched plate in the manner of Belcher. Hightly decorated throughout, the frame displays scrolled foliate detail...

This exquisite George III gilt and painted rococo mirror is ornamented throughout with finely carved C-scrolls, acanthus leaves, and flowers.

Fine George II gesso carved giltwood mirror, the central cartouche with foliate carved detail, flanked by a stepped arched pediment with gadrooned molding, the frame with relief gess...

Fine Regency giltwood convex mirror, the ebonized eagle with gilt head and shoulders standing on ribbed plinth with acanthus leaf supports, the turned frame...

The reverse breakfront cornice with beaded edge over low-relief diaperwork frieze, above an inset oval mirror plate with beaded slip bordered by fan patera...

A Louis XVI style carved giltwood and gesso overmantel mirror. The arched mirror plate set within a scroll capped acanthus and lotus-leaf frame, with an acanthus and foliate carve...

19th Century overmantel mirror with elliptical panels crested with a floral and foliate motif. The side panels, with elliptical insert design, are flanked on either side by fluted and garlanded neo-classical style pillars topped...

19th Century arch-top pier mirror in the style of Adams, with delicate cock-beaded moldings separating nine mirror panels. The giltwood frame has a carved central crest with floral s...

19th Century oval gilt mirror. The frame is carved with an egg and dart design alternating with convex fillets and an inner gilded beaded loop. At th...

Pair of very large French giltwood mirrors with scrolled acanthus borders. French, 20th century. Measures: height 264 cm, width 146 cm, depth 7 cm. Of exceptionally large scale and adapting various antique styles, particularly the rococo, these magnificent, very fine giltwood mirrors...

The exquisite details of this hand-carved Italian giltwood mirror are matched in grandeur by its notable size. Nearly 3 feet tall by 3 feet wide, this mirror is an extraordinary feas...

Very fine George II period giltwood mirror, the swan neck pediment with foliate carved scrolls surrounding central shell carved cartouche, the whole w...

With rectangular mirror plate within a conforming surround with outset corners and enriched with gadrooned and egg and dart borders, foliate sprays to the corners and the sides with ...

Very fine early Georgian walnut and parcel gilt mirror, the scalloped crest with inset carved gesso and gilt scallop shell over molded frame surrounding original shaped and beveled m...

Pair of large French Rococo revival giltwood large mirrors French, Late 19th Century Measures: Height 187/191cm, width 98cm, depth 11cm In a restrained, simple, yet elegant and charming Rococo revival style, this pair of large giltwood mirrors...

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

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...

Exceptional and rare 18th century Northern Star Rococo Swedish / Scandinavian gilt-wood mirror in it's original finish and mirror glass. Ca 1760 Stockholm, Sweden. Very rare and magnificent example due to the craftsmanship, size and the Northern Star. The Northern Star was used from the end of the 17th century as a symbol of the Swedish king...