A Beautiful Regency Period Giltwood & Gesso Sectional Oval Wall Mirror c.1815 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage Faux bois (from the French

Faux bois (from the French for false wood) refers to the artistic imitation of wood or wood grains in various media

showing an even amount of craquelure to its surface

He would of course have once been framed

probably in the early to mid Victorian era

sands and aubergine over a muddy olive ground framed by a four piece rued border of alternating motifs

A Beautiful Regency Period Giltwood & Gesso Sectional Oval Wall Mirror c.1815 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage Faux bois (from the FrenchOrigin: English Period: Regency Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1815 Height: 34 inches Width: 26 inches The early nineteenth century oval wall mirror of generous proportions having a gesso and giltwood frame with the original mirror plate in ten segments, the central oval glass surrounded by a ribbon moulded border and a further eight sections surrounded by gadrooning, the whole with a good patination and colour, surviving from early Regency period