Italian Giltwood Pier Mirror with Birds and Foliage

• 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.
• Pierced Decoration - Ornamental woodwork with part of the background cut through and removed to produce an open-work pattern.

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• mirrors, wall, period, age or style - pier 116