Sweden - Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors

Very charming German 18th century period Rococo mirror. Beautifully carved with c-scrolls and flower buds, white and polychrome painted. Antique mirror plate and orginal back.

18th century Italian giltwood mirror with hand carved eagle, roses, leaves and other details. The carving around outer perimeter of the mirror to really highlight the details. Appear...

A stunning and intricately carved and gilded mirror with a crown of églomisé (reverse painted glass ) panels featuring the Greek goddess Demeter, flanked by a pair of cornucopias...

Very decorative set of a Gustavian demilune console table with white marble top and matching pier mirror, signed by one of the leading Stockholm makers Lars Magnus Thiem, (1782-1814)...

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...

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 Swedish Gustavian Period gilt pier mirror with pierce carved ribbon and foliate crest decoration, accented with foliate swags, continued on the beveled mirror surround and base. Da...

Swedish Karl Johan, Biedermeier, Mirror of crotch mahogany with original aged mirror.

Large, Elegant, Custom Italian 18th Century Style antiqued and bevelled Venetian / Murano glass mirrors by Fratelli Tosi in the Modern Neoclassical spirit. The mirrors have a pure an...

Very attractive early 19th century giltwood console table with a fully carved eagle supporting the white marble top. A matching mi...

English Queen Anne Period red Chinoiserie decorated mirror of typical form with a strongly molded frame surrounding the divided mirror plate, topped by ...