Here is a completely unique Victorian gilt mirror created in wood and gesso in the Georgian Chinoiserie style. Featuring the two original mercury plate glass mirrors, this piece is certainly a talking point, and having spent hours on the internet I''ve never seen anything quite so ornate.Where to begin......both mirrors are set into a gilded mythical world of waterfalls, grottos, rocks, bridges, staircases and swirling foliage and shell like flourishes, separated by a central shelf.Closely related to the Rococo style, Chinoiserie is characterised by exuberant decoration, asymmetry, and a celebration of nature, leisure and pleasure activities, all found in abundance on this mirror with its water cascading over rock formations, dripping down onto bridges spanning rivers and grottos.Created and built on a central wooden frame, the carved wooden features are attached and covered in gesso plaster then gilded. I have had the mirror cleaned and restored by the very talente...