Bruckner s Mirrors

A very fine 19th century mantle mirror in gilded wood and stucco. The rectangular mirror plate is enclosed within a narrow gilt frame, surmounted by an outsize and ornate cartouche c...

Continental giltwood mirror with original glass.

An exceptionally fine Napoleon III parclose giltwood Mirror, with its original bevelled mercury glass mirror plate. The design is extremely decorative, its outsize crest featuring ...

Italian Wood Caved Rococo Wall Mirror, Giltwood, Gold Leaf Italy 1930-1940s. Impressive finely carved gold gilt wood Rococo style wall mirror or console mirror. This mirror features...

This highly decorative console table with a mirror was made in mid-20th century Italy. The carved wood table and mirror frame were decorated with delicate flowers, acanthus, shell, ...

Spanish rococo style finely carved gold leaf giltwood mirror. A highly decorative finely carved Rococo style mirror with gold leaf finish and beautiful ...

Regal 18th Century French Rococo Painted Giltwood Wall Mirror. Mirror is styled in the Rococo tradition, characterized by its ornate, asymmetrical decoration and naturalistic motifs....

A very fine and important pair of French 19th century Rococo Revival style giltwood carved pier mirrors. The elongated intricately carved frames with carvings of tropical flowers, sc...

An Impressive Late 19th Century Carved Giltwood Rococo Style Mirror The large and wonderfully carved rectangular mirror surrounded with sprawling acanthus leaves, the inset part of...

A rare, unique and dramatic pair of Rococo style marble topped giltwood triangular shaped consoles and complimentary slightly elliptical giltwood mirrors. The four pieces are believed to be northern Italian most likely from the Venetian region. The design and carving of the superstructure presented with bunches of grapes, vine leaves, branches and twigs. A winged dragon is shown swirling around and down the central leg of each console. The three legs are joined with a lower stretcher are all presented as vine tree trunks from which germinate more grape leaves and branches. They both have shaped red/grey mottled marble tops. The consoles show more signs of early to mid-18th century Rococo chinoiserie influence. The mirrors were likely made slightly later in the 19th century but in the same Italian region, and appear to have a more Japanese influence in their design especially the hawk/eagle leaning over the top of the mirror. The giltwood frames of the mirrors are completely covered with gilded branches and leaves. On the left side of each mirror is a 'fantastical' dragon-bird, his huge wings spread out and his long tail clinging around the lower branches. He looks up into the eyes of the top hawk/eagle who appears ready to attack the dragon-bird. The whole is a real virtuoso display of carving and whimsical Rococo design. Chippendale in England and his contemporaries were some of the first cabinet makers to design furniture in the Rococo style, the term taken from the French 'Rocaille' (rockwork), as in fantasy constructions such as grottoes. The style originated in France early in the 18th century when there was a reaction against the weighty classicism of the Baroque style. The consequent taste was for something lighter representing an escape from the stifling, self-conscious grandeurs of the Louis XIV period. As pioneered by designers such as Jean Berain and Pierre Lepautre...

With original gilding in cleaned restored retail condition. Arched open crest with scroll and flower decoration over a mirror plate set in a conforming frame with open carved ear...

A fine Palatial Italian, 19th century baroque style vigorously carved Florentine giltwood mirror frame. The ornately carved frame with scrolls, acanth...