Louis XV Gilt Wood Mirror with Mercury Glass
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A large Louis XV style gilt wood mirror the mirror of mercury glass, within a frame carved with cresting scrollwork. Likely 19th century. Height 187 cm. Width 101.5 cm
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- Giltwood - Giltwood is used to describe a gold finish on furniture and other decorative wooden items, whereby a thin sheet of gold metal, called gold leaf, is applied to the surface for decorative purposes.
Unlike gilding, where the gold leaf is applied over a coating of gesso, with giltwood the gold leaf is applied direct to the surface, or over a coat of linseed oil gold leaf adhesive.
Most gold-finished mirrors will be gilded, whereas furniture with gold highlights will have the gold applied through the giltwood method. - Cresting - The decorative carving at the top of a piece of furniture, such as a sideboard back, a mirror, or a chair back.
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mirrors, wall, period, age or style
- French 642
- Louis style 361
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