Thomas Johnson Girandoles

A pair of grand scale pier mirrors after a design attributed to John Linnell. Each arched divided plate within shaped outer slips entwined with foliate br...

A carved and gilt-wood mirror in the manner of William Kent and the Palladian style. The rectangular looking glass within a compound moulded frame has outset corners, flanked by trai...

An exceptional carved pier mirror, inspired by the Chinese Room of Claydon. The elaborate carved decoration following the style of Luke Lightfoot in the...

The carved gilt-wood frame with central mirror plate flanked by caryatides issuing from foliate scrolls to the sides, with addorsed ‘C’ scrolls to the base, the wing spandrels dresse...

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...

An elegant pair of hand carved and gilded, Venetian mirrors with Chinoiserie and floral designs. Original glass with age-appropriate mottling.

Elegant pair of mirrors made of carved and gilded wood with the "guazzo" technique. The frames are enriched with a refined decoration of vegetal scrolls, which gives a touch of class...

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...