Petite French Starburst Gilded Wood Mirror

The California-born style of Hollywood Regency, also known as Regency Moderne, emerged during the Golden Era of cinema from the 1920s to the ’50s. Decadent and bold, vintage Hollywood Regency furniture and interiors playfully mix colors like jewel tones and hot pinks with lacquered walls, gilded accents, mirrored surfaces and metallic finishes for maximalist spaces.

Although it involved elements of the coinciding Art Deco movement, such as a preference for clean lines, Hollywood Regency was much more opulent, inspired by glamorous movie stars and the lavish set designs for films being made in Tinseltown. Furniture designers associated with the style embraced an eclectic range of influences, including throwbacks to previous styles of grandeur, such as Rococo, neoclassical and chinoiserie, as well as materials, from bamboo dining chairs to lucite bar carts to sunburst mirrors made from gilded resin. Hollywood Regency end tables, floor lamps, chandeliers and other pieces tended to be small-scale, fitting into an overall design rather than serving as a focal point.

Interior decorator Dorothy Draper led the shaping of the Hollywood Regency style and also designed iconic pieces like the España chest, which was manufactured by Henredon. Virginia native William “Billy” Haines, a furniture designer who started as an actor, contrasted hand-painted wallpaper with Chinese ceramics and Chippendale chairs, while architect John Elgin Woolf imbued his Beverly Hills designs with theatrical details. Paul Revere Williams, a trailblazing African-American architect, was pivotal in defining the look through his commercial projects, such as the 1940s Beverly Hills Hotel and bespoke homes that mixed everything from Louis XV paneling to Georgian architecture.

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Antique, new and vintage sunburst mirrors are popular decorative mirrors that hang in today’s modernist homes as often as they have been integrated in spaces that are comparatively traditional. Ornate and versatile, these sun-shaped fixtures are eye-catching and versatile.

Sunburst mirrors were a staple of Hollywood Regency homes from the 1920s to the 1950s. Hollywood Regency sunburst mirrors — which refers to mirrors designed in the dramatic style of interior design associated with the work of Billy Haines and Tony Duquette and pioneered by unsung decorator Dorothy Draper — became the perfect glitzy accessory. They combine a reflective surface with a spiky metallic frame that mimics sunrays. These mirrors are outwardly sculptural and prove audacious no matter what your chosen furniture style is. A sunburst mirror will be by no means an understated addition to your space.

Alternatively, you might find more diversity in Baroque pieces designed during the 1930s. These mirrors, although elaborate in their carved giltwood and natural-world motifs, offer a more tangible sense of balance and symmetry given how closely the size of the frame matches that of the mirror.

Given their reflective properties, natural light is your friend here. A sunburst mirror hung opposite a window will brighten up any space and make a statement in any bedroom or living room.

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