A Large French Louis-Philippe Period Giltwood and Gesso Overmantel Mirror bench The piece is richly gilded

The piece is richly gilded and topped with a free-form hammered crystal

The rectangular mirror plate with beaded edge and rope twist border

A Victorian Painted Side Table

in light oak opening with two doors to reveal a series of shelves with enamelled ceramic handle

the body connected by chain to hanging canopy arm

A Large French Louis-Philippe Period Giltwood and Gesso Overmantel Mirror bench The piece is richly gildedA Large French Louis Philippe Period Giltwood and Gesso Overmantel Mirror Of characteristic Louis Philippe form, the substantial rectangular mirror plate with rounded upper corners set within a giltwood and gesso frame of elegant restrained profile. The broad flat surround enriched along its inner edge with a finely cast continuous rope twist or bead and reel moulding, a hallmark of the period's refined decorative vocabulary. The outer border further