21st Century and Contemporary Girandoles

One large French modern neoclassical double arm metal wall light / sconce / girandole with mirrored backs in the style of Mathieu Mategot. The metal frame is pierced and the mirror h...

A carved giltwood mirror of classic Regency design. Surmounted by a displaying eagle set upon rock work. Circa 1820. The frame surrounded with a geometric-design border with intertwining serpents and oak leaves to the base. Nb. giltwood mirrors with carved serpents...

Very fine George I carved and gilt mirror, circa 1720, in the manner of John Belchier having an ostrich feather plume over tasseled central lambrequin, d...

Superb backlit neon mirror structure in curved wood Italian production of the 70s in a style of Joe Colombo designer.

A fine circa 1735 English early George II period mirror or looking glass in the Palladian manner of architect and designer William Kent (1685 - 1748), the carved wood frame in origin...

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...

Pair of narrow, rectangular gilt bronze girandoles with beveled mirror and twin candelabra, circa 1890. Ornately decorated frame with openwork of fleur-de-lis, renaissance architectu...

Exceptional Adam style giltwood girandole.

An extraordinarily fine and large George II pier mirror in the manner of Thomas Johnson (1723-1778). The giltwood frame is finely carved, embracing the asymmetry of the Rococo style,...

Pair of American gilt carved wood girandole mirrors with flanking eagles on rock plinths perched to flee , upper and lower acanthus carved floral motif, ebonized reeded circular mold...

A superb Irish George II white painted mirror. The carved architectural top with a central scallop shell, above a panel of panel swagged ribbons a...

George II Giltwood Mirror. Mirror features beveled edges and is mounted in a gilt frame. Carved with scrolling acanthus leaves. Mirror has a geometric-carved border, surmounted by an...