Olaf Wetterberg

This highly decorative console table with a mirror was made in mid-20th century Italy. The carved wood table and mirror frame were decorated with delicate flowers, acanthus, shell, ...

Large 72" gold carved giltwood French Louis XV / Rococo style wall mirror by Labarge from the late 20th century, Made in Italy. Item features a substantial hand-carved frame with orn...

Italian silver gilt mirror retaining its original Mecca silver gilding and original mirror plate which is remarkably aged over time. Please see photo of interior showing the drama of...

A rare, unique and dramatic pair of Rococo style marble topped giltwood triangular shaped consoles and complimentary slightly elliptical giltwood mirrors. The four pieces are believed to be northern Italian most likely from the Venetian region. The design and carving of the superstructure presented with bunches of grapes, vine leaves, branches and twigs. A winged dragon is shown swirling around and down the central leg of each console. The three legs are joined with a lower stretcher are all presented as vine tree trunks from which germinate more grape leaves and branches. They both have shaped red/grey mottled marble tops. The consoles show more signs of early to mid-18th century Rococo chinoiserie influence. The mirrors were likely made slightly later in the 19th century but in the same Italian region, and appear to have a more Japanese influence in their design especially the hawk/eagle leaning over the top of the mirror. The giltwood frames of the mirrors are completely covered with gilded branches and leaves. On the left side of each mirror is a 'fantastical' dragon-bird, his huge wings spread out and his long tail clinging around the lower branches. He looks up into the eyes of the top hawk/eagle who appears ready to attack the dragon-bird. The whole is a real virtuoso display of carving and whimsical Rococo design. Chippendale in England and his contemporaries were some of the first cabinet makers to design furniture in the Rococo style, the term taken from the French 'Rocaille' (rockwork), as in fantasy constructions such as grottoes. The style originated in France early in the 18th century when there was a reaction against the weighty classicism of the Baroque style. The consequent taste was for something lighter representing an escape from the stifling, self-conscious grandeurs of the Louis XIV period. As pioneered by designers such as Jean Berain and Pierre Lepautre...

A rare and important George III 18th century Chippendale gilt mirror. The plate is within a carved foliate branch C-scroll, rocaille and acan...

Spanish rococo style finely carved gold leaf giltwood mirror. A highly decorative finely carved Rococo style mirror with gold leaf finish and beautiful ...

Impressive finely carved gold gilt wood Rococo style wall mirror or console mirror. Italy 1930-1940s. This highly decorative wood carved scrolls and leaves decorated frame is covere...

A gorgeous Spanish Rococo style mirror finely carved with beautiful naturalistic motifs. Spain, 1930s One of a kind spanish carved wall mirror Gold lea...

Pair of Gilt Rococo Style Oval Italian Mirrors, Italian, circa 1940s. They have been recently removed from The Carlyle Hotel in NYC. They are priced at $1800 each or $3300 for the pa...

This is a Rococo Style gilt wall console mirror. It is kind of an asymmetric up side down pear shaped mirror. It is adorned with large scrolls of acanthus leaves and “rocailles” in i...

A rare large 20th-century English gilt wall mirror, having a scroll frame above a rectangular bevelled glass plate, 117cm by 84cm. This mirror can be suitable as a console and pier mirror...

Very charming German 18th century period Rococo mirror. Beautifully carved with c-scrolls and flower buds, white and polychrome painted. Antique mirror plate and orginal back.