Magnificent Empire Psyche - Early 19th Century

Rare giltwood bedroom mirror (sometimes called a "bridal mirror"). The pediment is adorned with a large rocaille motif centred on a basket, while the inner edges of the central mirro...

A very elegant, large mirror in wood gilded with 24-carat gold leaf. Its pediment reveals a shell, embellished with scrolls and floral motifs. The original mercury mirror is enhanced...

Lovely wooden mirror with rich ornamentation in embossed brass decorated with flowers, leaves and interlacing. Its mercury glass is beveled. Period: Second half of the 19th centu...

Magnificent Regency gilded wood mirror, violin shape, with shell and scroll decorations. It has two small curved legs, its mercury mirror, its gilding and its parquet floor are original. Period : 18th century Dimensions : height : 120cm x width : 69cm Dimensions of the mirror : height : 65cm x width : 46cm When Louis XIV died, the heir Louis XV was too young, it was Philippe Duc d'Orléans (1674-1723), nephew of Louis XIV called "the Regent" who shared the power of the Regency with the high nobility and the parliamentarians. This was a period of transition of great artistic interest for a new, more intimate society with smaller, more varied and more soberly decorated homes. The craftsmen and artists of the time, ornamentalists and cabinetmakers, created less for the monarch and his court. They created for the rich bourgeoisie, financiers and the new nobility. They took on lighter decorative themes such as hunting, fishing and love. This is the birth of a so-called transitional style, the Regency style. It was during this period that large mirrors appeared for decorative purposes above fireplaces, as well as mirrors with closed panels decorated with five-pointed shells or plumes. The carved wood or gilded wood mouldings...

Empire period mahogany mirror. The triangle topped frame holding the mirror supported on two columns with two removable bronze candleholders. Standing on four carved griffon legs, th...

Large standing mirror with rotating mirror in an arched frame. The mirror is held by lateral columns which end in fire-gilded bronze urns. The bases are also fire-gilt. The psyche st...

Italian Empire style self-supporting floor mirror in wood, 1850s Full-length and self-supporting floor mirror in wood. The rectangular mirror with decorated frame is tilting, in fact...

Large, highly decorative late 19th century Empire style mirror in faux "plum pudding mahogany" wood with raised gilded plaster elements. France circa 1890. Dimensions: H209 by 131...