Oval Mirror in the manner of Robert Adam

A fine Irish oval mirror of 18th century design with alternating inset coloured glass facets. We are currently working to a 30-36 week lead time.

This pair of neoclassical style oval looking glass mirrors display all the hallmarks of Robert Adam. The oval mirror plates are contained within moulded frames carved with gadroons a...

A carved giltwood looking glass mirror based on designs by John Linnell. The frame formed of two ribbon-tied crossed branches of palms, punctuated by carved flower-head paterae. By J...

A fine naturalistically carved oval mirror with bird, branch and stylized animal decoration in the manner of Thomas Johnson. An exceptionally fine mirror carved in period old pine wi...

An oval carved giltwood looking glass mirror in the manner of George III. The moulded frame is carved with leaves carefully worked with C-scrolls both in front and behind the leaves....

These small carved giltwood oval mirrors of Chippendale design illustrate the English Rococo period of the middle years of the 18th century. These small oval looking glasses are in ...

A George III Giltwood Pier Mirror In the Manner of Thomas Johnson An exceptionally detailed design; the superb carved decoration housing a shaped rectangular plate and undulating mirrored borders; the inner frame closely tied to the outer frame and leading the eye around the mirror. The grandiose masterful carving incorporating C-scrolls, flowering branchwork, stylized icicles, acanthus leaves, and distinctive architectural follies and figures which firmly place this mirror within the canon of Johnson's greatest designs. The confident execution is a great testament to the technical prowess and artistic creativity of one of the greatest carvers and designers of the eighteenth century, circa 1760. Provenance Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, Farmleigh, Co. Dublin, (1880?-1927); The Earls of Iveagh, Farmleigh, Co. Dublin & Elveden Hall, Suffolk (1927-2018). Thomas Johnson (1723-1799) Thomas Johnson was one of the most skilled carvers and furniture designers in Georgian England. Drawing inspiration from the Fables of Aesop, the rococo, China, and the idealised rustic life, his work is whimsical, exuberant and witty. Chippendale borrowed freely from his work. Johnson was a founder member of the 'Antigallican Society', a group who excoriated the French taste. In addition to its relation to Johnson's designs, this mirror also reflects the influence of Lock, the great master with whom he worked for a period. Lock published many sketches and pattern books, including A New Book of Ornaments for Looking Glasses in 1752, introducing several idiosyncratic features which Johnson would adopt such as the small decorative urns...

This elegant Adam mirror has a classical oval patera mirror border encompassing the looking glass. The crest has a central Adam urn with a burning flame fl...

Pair of Late 19th Century English Adam Style Gilt Oval Mirrors

Baroque-style Northern Italian Hand-Carved Mirror

Rare pair of 19th century pier giltwood mirrors in the rococo manner. An exceptional pair of pier mirrors, the shaped mirror plate is set within a...

A pair of carved giltwood George III mirrors of Adam design with leaf carved outer frame and bead carved inner frame, the surrounding border glasses are punctuated by oval flower-hea...