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.
English convex mirror, after restoration, repaired and part re-gilded.
Triple plate mirror before restoration.
English Convex mirror, being restored.
Rococo style over mantle mirror, restored and re-gilded.
Rococo style over mantle mirror before restoration.
Rococo style over mantle mirror corner, repaired and re-gilded.
Rococo style over mantle mirror corner, before restoration.
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
Pier mirror restored and repairs gilded to match original gilding.
Pier mirror with replacment top decoration.
Pier mirror before restoration, missing the top decoration.
Side scroll from a large over mantle mirror. Repaired and patch gilded and aged to match.
Side scroll before restoration.
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.
Bottom of the carved wood pier mirror, repaired.
A pair of English carved wood pier mirrors before restoration.
Carved wood oval mirror, back together again.
Carved wood oval mirror, fallen off the wall. Broken into many pieces.
English convex mirror after restoration and a full re-gild.
English convex mirror being repaired.
Carved wood English mirror. Repaired and re-gilded. New aged glass.
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.
Missing decoration replaced.
Burnt and missing carved wood decoration.
English over mantle mirror arter restoration.
As seen on Salvage Hunters The Restorers TV show.
Season 1 Episode 9
English over mantle mirror before restoration.
Small panel mirror with Egyption decoration. Dry striped off over gessoing, repaired and re-gilded.
Panel mirror before restoration.
Oval mirror repaired and re-gilded.
Oval mirror before restoration.
Close up of the crumbling decoration.
Mirror back together. New glass and all missing pieces of decoration repaired and gilded to match.
An example of pieces missing when all the bits of decoration had been put back together.
A French margin mirror, which had fallen off the wall and smashed. Only two pieces of glass survived and a lot of the plaster decoration was missing.
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.
English over mantle mirror after restoration. Repaired, missing top replaced and re-gilded.
Over mantle mirror being restored, start of replacment top.
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.
A large French mirror before restoration. gold paint removed, some water gilding remains.
English convex mirror, after restoration. Restored and part re-gilded.
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 convex mirror repaired.
English convex mirror, before damage to the wooden frame was restored.
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.
Over mantle mirror, repaired, re-gilded and gold aged.
Over mantle mirror. Paint removed, all bad restoration taken off and new wood fitted.
Over mantle mirror, gold paint turned brown and some bad restoration.
English convex mirror, after restoration. Restored and re-gilded.
Convex mirror gold paint removed ready for restoration.
8 foot tall mirror after restoration, repaired and a full re-gild.
8 foot tall mirror in pieces covered in gold paint.
English carved wood convex mirror, after restoration. Restored and re-gilded.
This convex mirror had three layers of old restoration to remove.
French shaped wall mirror after restoration.
French shaped wall mirror, before restoration after the gold paint was removed.
I am a text block. Click on me to drag me around or click a corner handle to resize me. Click the settings icon (it's the left one, looks like a cog) to change this text. You can type new text into me or cut and paste text from somewhere else. Click outside of me when you're done and any changes will be saved.
I am a text block. Click on me to drag me around or click a corner handle to resize me. Click the settings icon (it's the left one, looks like a cog) to change this text. You can type new text into me or cut and paste text from somewhere else. Click outside of me when you're done and any changes will be saved.
French mirror, repaired and re-gilded in sterling silver.
French mirror being restored.
Side scroll as arrived for restoration.
Side scroll with paint removed.
Side scroll after restoration.
Side scroll gilded and aged.
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.
English carved wood over mantle mirror restored and re-gilded.
English carved wood over mantle mirror before restoration.
An English triple plate over mantle mirror, repaired and re-gilded.
An English triple plate over mantle mirror before restoration.
Painted in gold paint and panel cracked.
An oval mirror, repaired and gilded in Champagne gold leaf.
An oval mirror with gold paint removed, before repairing.
Over mantle mirror, repaired and gilded in Palladium leaf.
Over mantle mirror, before restoration.
An English over mamtle mirror repaired, realigned and re-gilded.
An English over mantle mirror before restoration. Cut doen badly and painted.
Badly done cut down.
Side scroll of an English over mantle mirror, repaired and re-gilded.
Side scroll of an over mantle mirror, after removing the layers of paint, before restoration.
Silver and gold French wall mirror after re-gilding.
French mirror after removing the gold paint.
An Art and craft style mirror, bottom rail replaced, repaired and gilded.
