Examples of my mirror restoration, before and after photos.
English girandole mirror, after restoration. Cleaned, repaired, restored and part re-gilded.
English girandole
mirror, before restoration.
A large English over mantle mirror, after restoration. Restored and re-gilded.
Top photo, mirror before restoration. Bottom photo, repaired and re-gilded.
Convex mirror after restoration and a full re-gild.
Convex mirror before restoration.
Carved wood English mirror after
restoration.
Carved wood mirror being restored.
English triple plate mirror, after
restoration. Restored and re-gilded.
Triple plate mirror before restoration.
English Convex mirror, after restoration, repaired
and part re-gilded.
English Convex mirror, being restored.
Carved wood Italian mirror after restoration, cleaned repaired and repairs gilded to match.
Carved wood Italian mirror before restoration.
Carved wood mirror, being restored.
This mirror is now back over the fireplace in the entrance hall at Claridges Hotel London. Photo from www.claridges.co.uk
English convex mirror repaired.
English convex mirror, before damage to the wooden frame was restored.
English over mantle mirror after restoration. Repaired, missing top replaced and re-gilded.
Over mantle mirror being restored, start of replacment top.
8 foot tall mirror after restoration, repaired and a full re-gild.
8 foot tall mirror in pieces covered in gold paint.
Restored mirror, the gold was left bright as customer wished.
Old restoration flacking off to show the original surface underneath.
Repaired, gessoed and sanded.
All old restoration was removed to show the detail of the original decoration.
Water and oil gilded.
French shaped wall mirror after restoration.
French shaped wall mirror, before restoration after the gold paint was removed.
Side scroll as arrived for restoration.
Side scroll with paint removed.
Side scroll after restoration.
Side scroll gilded and aged.
Burnt and missing carved wood decoration.
Burnt and cracked carved wood top.
Missing decoration replaced.
Crack repaied.
Carved wood English mirror in a bad house fire. Glass was cracked and the gesso and gold was bubbled in the heat. Some of the wood was burnt away.
Carved wood English mirror. Repaired and re-gilded. New aged glass.
English mirror after restoration. Stripped, repaired and re-gilded.
English mirror before restoration.
French mirror, repaired and re-gilded in sterling silver.
French mirror being restored.
Convex mirror after cleaning, all balls re-gessoed and gilded and pieces re-attached.
Convex mirror before restoration.
A pair of English carved wood pier mirrors after restoration.
A pair of English carved wood pier mirrors before restoration.
English convex mirror after restoration and a full re-gild.
English convex mirror being repaired.
Pear mirror restored and repairs gilded.
Pear mirror with replacment top decoration.
Pear mirror before restoration, missing the top decoration.
English over mantle mirror
after restoration.
French oval mirror repaired and re-gilded.
English over mantle mirror, paint removed, before restoration.
French oval
mirror after metal leaf was removed, before repairing
and
re-gilding.
English over mantle mirror, paint removed, restored and re-gilded.
English wall mirror, after restoration. Repaired and re-gilded.
English over mantle mirror before restoration and removing the black paint.
English wall mirror after gold paint was removed, before restoration.
Restored and re-gilded carved wood over mantle mirror.
English convex mirror, after restoration. Restored and part re-gilded.
Black and silver painted carved wood over mantle mirror before restoration.
Convex mirror in the middle of restoration.
English over mantle mirror after restoration, repaired and re-gilded.
English overmantle mirror being restored.
English Convex mirror after restoration.
English convex mirror before restoration.
French mirror after removing paint, repairing and gilded in silver metal leaf.
Painted French mirror.
Mirror frame after decoration was
added and gilded.
An English oval mirror frame missing all its decoration.
English over mantle mirror after restoration.
English over mantle mirror before restoration.
An English oval girandole mirror
after restoration.
An English oval girandole mirror
before restoration. Gold paint and old restoration
removed.
A small English mirror after restoration.
A small English mirror, broken, panel missing and painted gold.
Large English Convex mirror, after restoration. Repaired and part re-gilded.
Convex eagle before restoration.
English over mantle mirror after restoration. Repaired and re-gilded.
English convex mirror after restoration. Repaired and re-gilded.
English over mantle mirror, gold paint removed, before restoration.
Convex mirror being restored. Three layers of old restoration was removed.
English over mantle mirror with restored top and re-gilded.
English over mantle mirror with part of the top cut off and painted gold.
Large French mirror after
restoration. repaired and part re-gilded.
English convex mirror, after restoration. Restored and part re-gilded.
A large French mirror before restoration. gold paint removed, some water gilding remains.
English convex mirror, before restoration.
An English over mantle mirror with restored decoration and part re-gilded.
An English over mantle mirror with broken and missing decoration.
English carved wood mirror after restoration. Repaired, gessoed and gilded.
English carved wood mirror before restoration.
Carved wood mirror after
restoration, repaired and gilded.
Painted carved wood mirror, before
restoration.
Convex mirror after restoration.
Convex mirror before restoration. Sides and bottom pieces missing.
English carved wood mirror, after restoration. Restored and cleaned.
English carved wood mirror, before restoration.
English convex mirror, after restoration. Restored and re-gilded.
Convex mirror gold paint removed ready for restoration.
English carved wood convex mirror, after restoration. Restored and re-gilded.
This convex mirror had three layers of old restoration to remove.
English carved wood over mantle mirror restored and re-gilded.
English carved wood over mantle mirror before restoration.
