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18th Century Gilt over Gesso Dining Side Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
A set of mid-18th century Italian dining chairs, original gilding over gesso. Delicate cabriolet
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Chinese Chippendale Dining Room Chairs

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Gesso, Wood

Pr. Italian LXIV Carved Gitlwood and Gesso Torcheres as Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
layer of gesso and bole with traces of faded gilding and having both a brown and orange tint with later
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Table Lamps

Pair of Palladio neo-classical themed wood and gesso mirrors
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice pair of 60's vintage neo-classical themed hand painted mirrors by Palladio of Italy. Both of
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Vintage 1960s Italian Paintings

Materials

Wood, Gesso, Mirror

Italian dogs Sculpture of a Couple of “Greyhounds”, Mid-Century, Wood
By Italian school XX ct.
Located in Valladolid, ES
Technique on support / Material: Carved wood, gesso Style: Mid-Century Period: 20th century Origin
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Gesso, Wood

Pair Italian Late Neoclassic Carved Giltwood Gilt Gesso Mirrors, ca. 1835
Located in Atlanta, GA
Each mirror of rectangular form and having rounded corners, carved giltwood and gesso moldings, the
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Antique 1830s Italian Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors

Materials

Giltwood

Pair of Italian Eagle and Ribbon Gilt Wood Gesso Two Arm Wall Sconces, C 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Italian flanking eagle and ribbon gilt carved wood and gesso two arm foliage medallion wall
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Antique 1850s Italian Neoclassical Wall Lights and Sconces

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Gesso, Wood, Giltwood

Pair Wood and Gesso Sconces
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#2-730 Gesso and wood backplate with single arm adorned with white opaline glass drops
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Vintage 1940s Italian Wall Lights and Sconces

Circa 1940 s Pair Off white Curved Gesso Lamps
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#4-322 Pair of curved gesso lapms.
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Vintage 1940s Italian Table Lamps

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Gesso

An Italian 2nd Quarter 18th Century Gesso, Walnut, and Upholstered Bench
Located in Atlanta, GA
the u-form seat with padded arms and raised on splayed hoof legs ending in hoof feet
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Neoclassical Benches

Carved Giltwood and Gesso Candleholders with Iron Candle Cups
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of giltwood and gesso candleholders standing on a stepped base with an iron candleholders
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Vintage 1920s Italian Baroque Candlesticks

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Gesso, Wood

Gesso and wood 19th century frame
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Ornate gesso and wood frame with foliate detailing
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Antique 19th Century Italian Picture Frames

Wood and Gesso Mirror (two available)
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#6-337 Gesso and wood mirrors .New mirror will be supplied Priced individually.
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Early 20th Century Italian Picture Frames

Antique Venetian Carved Gesso and Green Paint Decorated Mirror
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Over the mantel mirror having an unusual oviod crest with lion's head medallion, carved leaves and florals. Mirror only 30" x 19 1/2". Condition: consistent with age with some old ...
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Rococo Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mi...

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Gesso, Wood

Wood and Gesso Italian circa 1940s Finely Carved Wall or Console Mirror
Located in Manhasset, NY
A wood and gesso Italian circa 1940s finely carved rosette and leaf designed wall or console mirror
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Mid-20th Century Italian Belle Époque Wall Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood

Early 20th Century Double Headed Eagle Gilt Gesso Mirror
Located in Hastings, GB
A carved wood and gesso water gilded mirror, depicting a double headed Eagle with crown, to the
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Vintage 1920s Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors

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Gesso, Wood

Pair of Small Italian Rococo Style Gilt Gesso Mirrors, Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
In the Rococo taste, gilt gesso applied to wooden frames.
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Rococo Picture Frames

Gesso Sculpture "I Lottatori, " (The Wrestlers)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great movement and detail in this gesso piece...signed.
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Vintage 1950s Italian Sculptures

Pair of 18th Century Gilt Wood and Gesso Girandoles
Located in Hastings, GB
Italian Gilt Gesso over carved wood Lion Paw Girandoles, 18th century mirrored frames with later
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Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Wall Lights and Sconces

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Gesso, Wood

Fine Giltwood and Gesso Mantel Mirror
Located in New York, NY
A fine giltwood and gesso mantel mirror. Stock number: M11.
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors

Giltwood Gesso Wall or Console Mirrors, Beveled Mirror, Circa 1930s
Located in Manhasset, NY
French Manner Giltwood and Gesso Wall or Console Mirrors. Italian Made. Each of rectangular form
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Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XV Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors

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Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood

Fine Pair of White Gesso Lamps
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of white gesso baluster vases with scroll handles to each side, decorated with grey
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20th Century Italian Table Lamps

Gesso Sculpted Canvas with a Tuscan Scroll Fragment and Aragonite Crystals
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Tuscan scroll fragment with aragonite crystals from strata of wood, plaster, gesso
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Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Rock Crystal

Regence Period Carved Giltwood and Embossed Gilt Gesso Mirror, 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An extraordinary mirror from Naples, Italy, the outer frame with a carved molded edge continuing
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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Louis XIV Wall Mirrors

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Gesso, Giltwood

19th Century European Carved Wood and Gesso Rococo Style Gilt Frame Mirror
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Exceptional quality antique European hand carved wood and gesso Rococo style gilt frame mirror
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors

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Gesso, Wood

Pair of LXVI Period 6-Light Iron, Mecca, and Gesso Wall Sconces
Located in Atlanta, GA
carved leaved plumes covered in gesso and mecca, continuing to turned bobeches covered in gesso and mecca
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Wall Lights and Sconces

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Wrought Iron

Giltwood and Gesso Carved Adams Style Mirror
Located in Manhasset, NY
Carved Adams style mirror. Gloriously sized and wonderfully decorated floral bouquets abloom this beauty with flowing leaves and florets exquisitely draping the frame of this gilded ...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Adam Style Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors

An Italian Empire Period, early 19th Century, 18-Light Gilt Gesso, Iron, and Glass Chandelier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Of basket form with two tiers of lights, gilt gesso on iron rings, removable arms, wooden bobeches
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Antique 19th Century Italian Empire Chandeliers and Pendants

Fantastic Carved Walnut and Gesso French Louis XV Louis XV Spray of Flowers
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is an exceptionally well carved mirror made in Italy in the Louis XV style. The mirror is hand
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Vintage 1940s Italian Louis XV Wall Mirrors

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Gesso, Mirror, Walnut

Pair of Venetian Gilt Wood Gesso Oil on Board Cherub Foliate Portraits C 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Venetian gilt wood and gesso oil on board winged cherub foliate portraits in the original
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Antique 1780s Italian Neoclassical Paintings

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Gesso, Wood, Giltwood, Paint

19th Century Carved Wood and Gesso Console with Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Exquisite 19th century carved wood and gesso console with an inlaid marble top. And a beautifully
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Antique 19th Century Italian Console Tables

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Marble

Exquisite Giltwood and Gesso Carved Venetian Mirror with Masked Sunburst
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite giltwood and gesso Venetian mirror with masked sunburst plaque on bottom centre Stock
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Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors

Italian wall brackets
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Pair scrolled wall brackets sold $295
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Vintage 1950s Italian Decorative Art

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Gesso

18th Century Italian Sunburst
Located in Hanover, MA
A 18th century Italian carved gilt wood religious sunburst with beams radiating from a center
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Decorative Art

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Gesso, Giltwood

Pair of Continental Antique Gesso and Gilt Gold Carved Wall or Console Mirrors
Located in Manhasset, NY
Pair of continental antique gesso and gilt gold carved wall or console mirrors. Each having a
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Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors

Italian Grotto Armchair
Located in Dallas, TX
Whimsical Italian Grotto Armchair, with shell form back and seat, dolphin form arms
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Antique 19th Century Italian Armchairs

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Wood, Gesso, Paint

Italian Mirror
Located in Seattle, WA
Extraordinarily beautiful Italian mirror encased in an oversize gilt gesso and wood moulding with
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Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors

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Giltwood, Gesso, Mirror

Pair of Italian Carved Capitals
Located in Los Angeles, CA
to scroll. Painted dove grey over gesso with a pealing natural weathering. Could be place on a
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Antique 19th Century Italian Architectural Elements

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Wood, Gesso, Paint

Italian Baroque Glass Reliquary
Located in Dallas, TX
an 18th century giltwood and glass Italian Baroque Reliquary of substantial size, commodious
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Religious Items

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Gesso, Paint

18th Century Italian Saint
Located in Culver City, CA
Statue carved from pine, the figure is carved with a knife and then covered with gesso, a mixture
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Religious Items

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Iron

Italian Carved Stool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
of the base paint has disappeared over the years but there are still areas of gesso and gilt
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Vintage 1930s Italian Stools

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Wood, Gesso

19th C. Italian Heavily Caved Wood Architectual Panel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
remnants of gesso and paint remaining on the surface from many years of exposure to the elements. It would
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Antique 19th Century Italian Architectural Elements

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Gesso

Grand pair of Italian Carved Capitals
Located in Los Angeles, CA
stretching across from scroll to scroll. They are painted dove grey over gesso with appealing natural
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Antique 19th Century Italian Architectural Elements

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Gesso

Italian Neoclassical Commode
Located in Hudson, NY
decoative carved elements are further worked in gesso and gilding.Lastly the piece has been finished off
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Gold Gilt Corinthian Capitals from Italy.
Located in Toronto, ON
A highly decorative pair of miniature "capitals" in wood with gesso and burnished gold leaf overlay
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Antique 19th Century Italian Architectural Elements

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Gold Leaf

19th C. Giltwood Italian Tabernacle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A stunning 19th century Italian giltwood tabernacle. Tabernacles are somewhat analogous to the ark
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Antique 19th Century Italian Architectural Elements

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Gold

Italian Sunburst Mirror
Located in Westport, CT
Large three-dimensional vintage silver leaf sunburst mirror, lovely silver gilding that has been lacquered
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20th Century Italian Sunburst Mirrors

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Silver Leaf

Gilt Italian Rococo Acanthus Leaf Wall Mirror
Located in Chicago, IL
Over 4' tall, gilt carved wood and gesso vertical decorative wall mirror, with a central round
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Vintage 1950s Italian More Mirrors

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Giltwood, Gesso

Italian Ribbon form mirror
Located in Danville, CA
Undulating polychrome ribbon form mirror in carved wood.
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Vintage 1940s Italian More Mirrors

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Gold Leaf

Pair of Italian faux marble crests
Located in Los Angeles, CA
symbols; one of an Italian cypress, and one of a palm tree.
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Antique 19th Century Italian Decorative Objects

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Wood, Gesso, Paint

Antique Italian Pair of Carved Architectural Corbels
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
Antique Italian pair of carved architectural corbels Wood, with gesso painted in an antique oyster
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Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Architectural Elements

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Gesso, Wood

18th C. Carved Italian Painted Panel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique Italian carved panel depicting a pair of lions holding a crest with a the figure of a man
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Architectural Elements

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Wood, Paint, Gesso

Italian 19th c. Architectural Elements
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Various original elements and an angelic wing or two
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Antique 19th Century Italian Architectural Elements

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Gold Leaf

Painted Italian Crest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Painted family crest, oil on burlap from the late 1700s.
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Paintings

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Burlap, Paint, Gesso

Glitzy Italian Gilt Mirror
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Gilt with distressed gold over wood and gesso, bevelled center with mirrored frame. Very glamorous
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Vintage 1970s Italian Wall Mirrors

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Wood, Gesso

Grand Scale Carved Italian Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fabulous carved monumental Italian mirror with a pair of pilasters on either end and a arched
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Early 20th Century Italian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors

Materials

Wood, Gesso, Paint, Mirror

18th C. Italian Carved Capital
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18th century carved gilt wood Italian capital with garland. This would make a great base for a
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Architectural Elements

Materials

Gold

19th C. Italian Polychromed Giltwood Figure
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Finely carved polychromed and giltwood figure holding a giltwood alterstick.
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Antique 19th Century Italian Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Gesso

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Italian Gesso For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic Italian gesso available at 1stDibs. An Italian gesso — often made from gesso, wood and metal — can elevate any home. If you’re shopping for an Italian gesso, we have 594 options in-stock, while there are 6 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer Italian gesso, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. An Italian gesso is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Rococo, Baroque and Hollywood Regency styles are sought with frequency. A well-made Italian gesso has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Interi, Florentia and Palladio are consistently popular.

How Much is an Italian Gesso?

The average selling price for an Italian gesso at 1stDibs is $3,200, while they’re typically $250 on the low end and $125,000 for the highest priced.