Small Italian Florentine Giltwood Mirror, 1860s

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A Very Attractive Mid 19th Century Italian Giltwood Wall Mirror, In The Florentine Taste, Of Unusual Diminutive Proportion, Having Profuse … Read more A Very Attractive Mid 19th Century Italian Giltwood Wall Mirror, In The Florentine Taste, Of Unusual Diminutive Proportion, Having Profuse Foliate Carved Decoration To Gilt Wood Cushion Frame, Enclosing Later Replaced Mirror Plate.

This is a very attractive mid 19th century Florentine giltwood wall mirror and a reasonable amount smaller than the standard size we tend to see for this type of mirror, meaning it is very much suitable for a wide variety of settings around the home.

All things considered it is in pretty good condition, with just a few old repairs to the carved frame and of course the expected scuffs and scrapes. More often than not however mirrors of this design have been left battered and bruised with many, many repairs and missing pieces so in our opinion its great to find one that has clearly been as well loved as this.

The mirror plate itself is not brand new, but also definitely not original, with just a few very minor spotted silvered areas. It is also probably that the carved frame itself started life designed to hold a painting, only to be relatively quickly converted into the attractive wall mirror which we find today, as that is extremely common for mirrors of this design.

It’s also worth noting that the mirror is designed in such a way that it will happily hang portrait or landscape, which of course significantly enhances the available functionality of this piece.

Circa 1860.

Height 25.5in.
Width 30in.
Depth 2in. See less