Pair of Italian 18th Century Baroque Period Giltwood Mirrors

A most attractive pair of Italian mid 18th century Baroque st. giltwood mirrors. Each Venetian mirror retains its original mirror plates framed within a lovely mottled border. Below ...

A very attractive pair of Italian 18th century Rococo st. giltwood mirrors. Each uniquely scaled mirror is set within a rectangular giltwood frame with ‘S’ scrolled draping floral ga...

A sensational and true pair of Italian 19th century giltwood Venetian mirrors. Each beveled mirror displays the original mirror plate and follows the contour of the finely carved gil...

An elegant and most decorative pair of Italian 19th century Florentine st. Giltwood mirrors. Each stunning oval mirror displays its original mirror plates trimmed with a Les Oves bor...

We have taken some photos of the backs of both mirrors to try to convey their age . Clearly, they are antique, but they seem to be quite unusual. We can find no other similar pair f...

A pair of 18th century North Italian giltwood mirrors and former girandoles or sconces. Elaborately carved in symmetrical form with flowers, leaves, Ho Ho Birds, scrollwork and rocailles. A metal mount for the candle branches still attached at the bottom of the mirror. The mirror used...

A stunning pair of Italian Florentine baroque rococo style wall mirrors Italy, Circa 1960s Gold gilt wood, with mirror. Measures: 7.25"W x 1.25"D x 12"H. Very good original vinta...

This is a superb pair of antique Italian Florentine giltwood mirrors, circa 1870 in date. The oval mirrors plates are set within a Rococo boldly-carved scrolling acanthus frame, and they retain the original gilding. Florentine style refers to the art and architecture coming out of Florence, Italy during the Renaissance period. Florentine furniture is characterized by the heavy use of gold gilding on wood and very elaborate hand carved decoration. This impressive pair is certain to make a charming addition to that one special room in your home. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: height 102 x width 63 x depth 4 Dimensions in inches: height 3 foot, 4 inches x width 2 feet, 1 inch x depth 2 inches Rococo Although Rococo is usually thought of as developing first in the decorative arts and interior design, its origins lie in the late Baroque architectural work of Borromini (1599–1667) mostly in Rome and Guarini (1624–1683) mostly in Northern Italy but also in Vienna, Prague, Lisbon, and Paris. Italian architects of the late Baroque/early Rococo were wooed to Catholic (Southern) Germany, Bohemia and Austria by local princes, bishops and prince-bishops. Inspired by their example, regional families of Central European builders went further, creating churches and palaces that took the local German Baroque style to the greatest heights of Rococo elaboration and sensation. An exotic but in some ways more formal type of Rococo appeared in France where Louis XIV's succession brought a change in the court artists and general artistic fashion. By the end of the king's long reign, rich Baroque designs were giving way to lighter elements with more curves and natural patterns. These elements are obvious in the architectural designs of Nicolas Pineau. During the Régence, court life moved away from Versailles...