Vintage English Symmetrical Giltwood Mirror 107x61cm 40x24 inches Mid 20th C

Regent Antiques has been trading in London for three decades. We specialise in English and Continental antique furniture, silver and porcelain. Our main markets are Europe and North America and we export worldwide. Vintage English Symmetrical Giltwood Mirror 107x61cm 40x24 inches Mid 20th C. Vintage English Symmetrical Giltwood Mirror Mid-20th Century in date.

This is a superb antique English giltwood mirror, mid-20th century in date. The carved and gilded shaped rectangular frame is adorned with acanthus with a shell pediment, it features a slender subsidiary outer mirror framing the large mirror plate. This impressive mirror is certain to make a charming addition to that one special room in your home. Provenance: Laneley Hall, Llantrisant, Wales. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.

Height 107 x Width 62 x Depth 6. Height 42.1 x Width 24.4 x Depth 2.4.

Mirrors are commonly used for. Or admiring oneself in which case the. Looking-glass is sometimes still used, decoration, and architecture. The earliest manufactured mirrors were pieces of polished stone such as obsidian, a naturally occurring volcanic glass. In classical antiquity, mirrors were made of solid metal (bronze, later silver) and were too expensive for widespread use by common people; they were also prone to.

Due to the low reflectivity of polished metal, these mirrors also gave a darker image than modern ones, making them unsuitable for indoor use with the artificial lighting of the time. The method of making mirrors out of. Was invented by 16th-century Venetian glassmakers on the island of. Who covered the back of the glass with.

Obtaining near-perfect and undistorted reflection. For over one hundred years, Venetian mirrors installed in richly decorated frames served as luxury decorations for palaces throughout Europe, but the secret of the mercury process eventually arrived in London and Paris during the 17th century, due to industrial espionage. French workshops succeeded in large scale industrialization of the process, eventually making mirrors affordable to the masses. Take a tour of our London showrooms.

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