A Pair Of Carved Giltwood Rococo Girandoles

These exquisite girandoles are designed in a graceful Rococo style. This style was fashionable in France in the 18th century, during the reign of Louis XV (1715-1774). Derived from t...

This incredibly rare pair of Louis XV-period giltwood mirrored girandoles capture the grandeur, grace and opulence of the Rococo movement in the decorative arts. Each opulent mirror is exquisitely framed with voluminous flourishes of naturalistic motifs exemplary of the Louis XV era’s organic, deliberately asymmetrical stylings. Holding four candles each, these outstanding mirrored girandoles would have decoratively flanked a room of the period elegantly, illuminating the giltwood lustrously and providing ambient light reflected in the mirrored glass. Mirrors have long played an integral role in decorative design, often serving as focal points of a room. Dating back to the 13th century, the first French looking glasses were very small, yet enormously precious. Because these early mirrors...

Each with original gilded surface. Originally had a single candle arm likely in brass.

This is a very unusual pair of late 17th or early 18th century Italian Baroque Girandoles. The girandoles feature a finely executed carved gilt wood frame that is surmounted by a fin...

Pair of Louis XV style carved and giltwood oval girandoles, the shell and scroll crest above beaded and gadrooned oval frame and terminating in triple scrolled candle arms.

Pair of English George II (circa 1750) giltwood shaped form wall mirrors / girandoles with elaborate carved scroll designs and two Pairs of lights emanating from the center. (PRICED ...

A masterpiece of design and execution, this beautiful girandole exhibits every opulent detail of the Chinese Chippendale period. Elaborate C...

An outstanding Chinese Chippendale carved giltwood girandole, this lovely and entrancing piece is carved in the chinoiserie style, the asymmetric form echoed by the skewed setting of...

Each with a double scroll crest with central opening with leaf, over a mirror plate within a carved frame, similarly carved base with three candle arms. Provenance; Henry Forbes Bige...

19th century pair of neoclassical style giltwood rectangular girandoles. Later adapted for electricity. The frieze with carved tied ribbon and carved acanthus leaves flanked by class...