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19thc Carved Giltwood & Gesso Wall
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19thc Carved Giltwood & Gesso Wall

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19thC Carved Giltwood & Gesso Wall - the cresting with birds, flowers and foliage, a flaming torch and quiver of arrows, the plate within a moulded slip and surround with further floral foliage - 46"w x 10"d x 44"h

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Church Street Antiques & Interiors has dated this Giltwood Oval Wall Mirror to the Victorian era.

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19thC Carved Giltwood & Gesso Wall - the cresting with birds, flowers and foliage, a flaming torch and quiver of arrows, the plate within a moulded slip and surround with further floral foliage - 46"w x 10"d x 44"h
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Church Street Antiques & Interiors has dated this Giltwood Oval Wall Mirror to the Victorian era.

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An oval 19th-century carved giltwood wall mirror featuring an intricate top crest with a torch and floral motif and an egg-and-dart inner frame border.
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Archive I An oval 19th-century carved giltwood wall mirror featuring an intricate top crest with a torch and floral motif and an egg-and-dart inner frame border.

19thc Carved Giltwood & Gesso Wall

Archive II An oval 19th-century carved giltwood wall mirror featuring an intricate top crest with a torch and floral motif and an egg-and-dart inner frame border. View II
Archive III An oval 19th-century carved giltwood wall mirror featuring an intricate top crest with a torch and floral motif and an egg-and-dart inner frame border. View III
Archive IV An oval 19th-century carved giltwood wall mirror featuring an intricate top crest with a torch and floral motif and an egg-and-dart inner frame border. View IV
Archive V An oval 19th-century carved giltwood wall mirror featuring an intricate top crest with a torch and floral motif and an egg-and-dart inner frame border. View V
Archive VI An oval 19th-century carved giltwood wall mirror featuring an intricate top crest with a torch and floral motif and an egg-and-dart inner frame border. View VI
Archive VII An oval 19th-century carved giltwood wall mirror featuring an intricate top crest with a torch and floral motif and an egg-and-dart inner frame border. View VII
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Church Street Antiques & Interiors
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An oval 19th-century carved giltwood wall mirror featuring an intricate top crest with a torch and floral motif and an egg-and-dart inner frame border.
19thC Carved Giltwood & Gesso Wall
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An oval 19th-century carved giltwood wall mirror featuring an intricate top crest with a torch and floral motif and an egg-and-dart inner frame border.
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  • ObjectWall Mirrors
  • Period19th century
  • StyleFrench Chateau
  • MaterialGiltwood, Gesso, Glass
  • ColourGold
  • MotifsTorch and quiver cresting, Floral scrollwork, Egg-and-dart moulding, Beaded inner rim

This Victorian wall mirror belongs to the French Chateau style and dates to the 19th century. The piece is constructed from giltwood and gesso, finished in a bright gold colour. Elaborate carved decoration defines the frame, featuring bird and floral foliage motifs, a flaming torch and quiver of arrows at the top crest, and egg-and-dart moulding along the inner rim. The structure includes an oval glass plate set within a moulded slip and surround, with further floral scrollwork details at the base. The mirror measures 117 cm wide, 25 cm deep, and 112 cm high. It suits placement above a mantel in a living room, hallway, or bedroom interior.

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19th-century French giltwood mirrors typically feature oval or rectangular wooden frames coated in gesso and finished with gold leaf. Design elements often incorporate classical motifs such as floral garlands, flaming torches, quivers, ribbons, and beaded borders reflecting Neoclassical and Louis XVI revivals.

These frames were constructed using a carved wood basecommonly pine or limecovered with multiple coats of gesso, a plaster-like mixture of chalk and glue. Clay bole was applied over the gesso to provide a warm foundation before applying thin sheets of genuine gold leaf.

Authentic giltwood demonstrates slight wear where the reddish or greyish clay bole underneath shows through the gold leaf, particularly on high points. True water gilding exhibits seam lines between gold sheets and subtle variations in sheen, unlike uniform modern gold paint.

An ornate giltwood mirror serves as a focal point when hung above a modern fireplace mantelpiece or minimalist console table. Pairing historical decorative frames with clean-lined contemporary furniture creates balanced contrast in dining rooms, living areas, or hallways.

Clean giltwood frames using only a soft, dry camel-hair brush or feather duster to remove dust. Avoid water, liquid detergents, or spray cleaners, as moisture easily dissolves gesso and damages fragile gold leaf coatings.
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