Trianon Antiques Pier Mirrors and Console

A Louis XVI period giltwood mirror, surmounted by a detailed crest featuring kissing doves, and flanked by foliate swags along each side. The rectangular mirror plate in two sections...

This elegant, giltwood wall mirror has a design of two interlocking ovals. The frames are deep, with a refined curve to the profile.  

French Louis XVI gilt wood mirror with nicely carved details, surmounted with an intricately carved crown with a central urn form, quiver and arrow, acanthus leaves and plant forms. ...

Exquisite Danish Baroque, circa 1700, mirror or looking glass having carved giltwood frame with dramatic foliate cresting and rectangular cushion-frame with foliate and seashell moti...

Well crafted giltwood pier glass framed Louis XVI style rectangular mantel mirror surmounted with an upright quiver of quills crossed with an arrow and foliate branch above two embra...

A very handsome and tall pier mirror that was made in the late 19th century in Northern France. Its square frame, decorative borders, and crest are typical for the Louis Seize style. The modest crest features beautiful roses with leaves. Below is a round glass plate surrounded by roses with a tied ribbon on top. A classic pearl beading surrounds the glass plate below. The glass is an authentic thick...

Early 20th French Empire period carved gilt wood rectangular mirror with crest Highly carved with flowers , original glass (possibly re-si...

An outstanding pair of 18th‑century Federal giltwood mirrors, each surmounted by an exquisitely carved giltwood eagle perched on a plinth and flanked by flowing acanthus leaf scrolls...

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

Beautiful Empire French period Trumeau.

Smaller scale rectangle giltwood wall mirror, late 19th French Napolean 111. 19" tall x 16" widest x 2" deep, mirror portion 13" x 10". The glass mirror is newer.

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...