19th Century French Giltwood Foliate Over Mantel Mirror
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A French 19th century giltwood over mantel mirror with foliate decoration, 237 cm high, 110 cm wide.
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- Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
- 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.
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mirrors, wall, period, age or style
- French 663
- overmantle 830
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