A Pair of 19th century Large Italian Giltwood and Mirrored-Glass Marginal Mirrors

Venetian, circa 1870–1895

The rectangular mirror centered by a large, naturally distressed plate enclosed within a molded giltwood slip, surrounded by an architectural arrangement of octagonal, rectangular, and triangular mirrored reserves. The marginal plates are divided by deeply molded and reeded giltwood members forming a continuous interlocking geometric lattice, within a narrow mirrored outer border.

An Italian carved giltwood Framed Mirror, circa 1780. Rectangular plate mirror framed with lattice work green and gilt border. The frame is surmounted by a high pierced crown with a central ovoid surrounded by ribboned members, the uprights with urn forms and side foliate carvings, and with lower carved support on each side.

A beautiful Louis XVI gilded diminutive mirror frame with hand carved details of flowers.  

An Edwardian Mahogany Vanity Mirror on a curved base with three drawers, Circa 1820.

An Incomparable Late 18th Century Venetian Cut Crystal Palazzo Mirror, the whole retaining its original crystalized mercury glass with no restorations or replacements, the shaped cresting flanked by mirrored urns, the surrounding mirrored plates decorated with elaborately detailed etchings of palazzo guards with sabers drawn, diapering, florets, cartouches, geometric shapes and both floral and foliate motifs

An 18th Century gilded Italian Pier Mirror.

A Pair of Italian Louis XV Giltwood Pier Mirrors, foliate motifs embellishing the mirror plates, surmounted by accent mirrors, each with two floral candelabras extending from their base 

A Pair of Fine 19th Century Venetian Rectangular Mirrors, with a border embellished with etchings of a lady, gentleman, and village scene on the original mirror plates

A Rare 18th Century Louis XVI Giltwood Pier Mirror with an elaborate carved frame

A Pair of Unusual Regency Period Convex Mirrors, each with ebonized molding and 4 candle sconces. The gilded frame is carved with fish scale ornament in the form of two entwined sea serpents. 

An attractive Continental round carved gilt wood mantel mirror

A Grand 18th c. Italian Rococo Gilt Wood Mirror, exemplifying rocaille at its best, dissimulating order beneath the feigned disorder of elaborate gilt scrollwork, scallop shells, and stylized foliage

A Pair of 19th Century Italian Gilded Putti Mirrors 

A Pair of 19th Century Green Tortoiseshell and floral giltwood Mirror

A Large Borghese Antiqued Mirror, with a stylized lotus at its crest, flanked by stylized foliate acanthus leaves, the whole with a patinated gold leaf frame

A Rare Portuguese Red Lacquer and Giltwood Mirror, the rectangular mirror surmounted by an elaborate crown with by vibrantly lacquered and carved rocaille motifs, the lower corners flanked by decorative scrolling giltwood feet

An 18th Century Italian Gilded Mirror, the rectangular mirror plate framed with carved giltwood floral and foliate designs

A French 18th Century Louis XV Fete Galante Trumeau, the top depicting an aristocratic couple walking in an idealized garden of garlands, trellises, and suspended baskets of flowers, above a smaller looking glass and surrounded with gilt beaded moldings and within a polychrome and parcel gilt banded frame

A Pair of 18th Century Transitional Louis XV-Louis XVI Giltwood Mirrors, rectangular in shape and crested with a laurel wreath and crossed arrows and a bundle of wheat below, and framed by scrolling motifs and tassels

An 18th Century English Chinoiserie Mirror, the shaped crest depicting two figures in a garden, flanked by flowers and birds, the arched decorative frieze with a brightly painted jardiniere overflowing with chrysanthemums and above a rectangular mirror plate, the whole with moulded borders and floral and figural chinoiserie imagery

An 18th Century French Neoclassical Louis XVI Giltwood Mirror crested with an urn filled with flowers, flanked with lambrequins and thyrsus (in ancient Greece and Rome, a staff tipped with a pine cone and carried by Hermes and followers of Dionysus), flanked with carved trailing husks and florets, accented with conforming foliate motifs at the lower corners

A Pair of Palatial 19th Century English Regency Red Tortoiseshell Mirrors, each rectangular mirror plate surrounded by a stepped tortoise frame accented with brass and black lacquered borders

An Incomparable Pair of 18th Century Venetian Palazzo Parcel-Gilt, Polychrome, Mother-of-Pearl and Semi-Precious Stone Accented Mirrors, each retaining their original bisected mercury plates, and each surmounted by scrolling carved giltwood acanthus crests inset with etched mother-of-pearl, the corners embellished with Siena marble cabochons inlaid with conforming etched mother-of-pearl and surrounded by giltwood egg and dart moulding along with additional exuberant giltwood acanthus leaves, against a ground decorated with colorful polychrome exotic figures, floral and foliate motifs

A Highly Unusual and Rare 18th Century English Transitional Chippendale Chinoiserie to Rococo Giltwood Mirror, the top centered with an egg and dart motif and the whole with dramatic Chinese architectural elements recalling the shape of pagodas, trellised fretwork, dragons, budding flowers and other stylized motifs, the top mirror plate later, the lower plate antique

A Late 18th Century Italian Parcel-Gilt and Polychrome Mirror, the top crested with a giltwood ribbon and centered by a tassel, the whole surrounded by a polychrome carved frame, accented with floral motifs

A Striking Pair of Late 18th Century Italian Parcel-Gilt and Polychrome Red Lacquer Chinoiserie Mirrors, the original mirror plates crested by fanciful parcel gilt tops carved with acanthus leaf motifs and centered by playful aristocratic figures, the whole accented with various Chinoiserie figures amongst floral and foliate motifs

A Pair of Late 18th Century Italian Lacca Povera and Polychrome Mirrors with original mirror plates, each top centered by a rosette and framed by carved beading, the whole in a buttery yellow and with hand-colored decoupage images of butterflies, floral motifs and trees

A 19th Century Flemish Black Lacquer and Red Tortoiseshell Mirror, the stepped tortoise frame accented with black lacquered and rippled moulded borders

A Palatial Late 18th Century Italian Polychrome and Giltwood Mirror, the top cresting and frame carved with rocaille, floral, fruit and foliate motifs

A Pair of 18th Century Venetian Mirrors, in their original condition and with no restorations or losses, each with its original mercury glass mirror plates, the shaped crest of each centered by a playful etched flamingo, with the surrounding mirror plates embellished with fanciful etchings of floral, foliate and rocaille motifs, accented with geometric shapes

An 18th Century French Giltwood Transitional Louis XV-Louis XVI Mirror with laurel leaves, arrows and centered cartouche, surrounded by scrolling foliate and floret motifs and sides flanked with carved tassels, with conforming inverted acorn finials at the lower corners and above squared post legs used as supports for resting the mirror on a mantel

A Late Louis XVI Giltwood Mirror, retaining its original mercury mirror plate, crested with a neoclassical carving of an eagle, victory wreath, florets, acorn finials and scrolling acanthus leaves above trailing husks, egg and dart moulding, and with conforming inverted acorn finials at the lower corners