Pair of Late 19th Century Rococo Mirrors

This pair of mirrors crafted in England circa 1870 have been fully restored with a completely new surface and structurally supported as the mirror plate is very thick and heavy. Made...

This drawing most likely French comes from the late 19th century, circa 1880. The drawing is well completed and shows the man as a living blind scholar in life and not as a classical...

This pair of chairs in carved oak are made in the Regence style and are finely carved. Generous but not over scale and comfortable the chairs reflect the attention to detail but subt...

This pair of Chinese provincial elm stands, circa 1890-1900. Probably at one time completely covered in lacquer the wood has been exposed in areas creating an interesting contrast of...

A Pair of English Rococo Style Mirrors Carved from wood and gilded, the almond-shaped mercury silvered plates surrounded in a Rococo asymmetrical frame cared with scrolls, acanthus ...

Pair of 19th century oval-shaped mirrors with ornate, gilded frames. The frames are designed in a Rococo style, featuring intricate carvings and embellishments. Each mirror has a h...

A lovely Rococo wall mirror with the original gilt, showing some loss. Lots of good details, a Classic beauty.

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...