19 Century Regency Style Gold-Leaf Convex Mirror

This large scale, chic and impressive convex mirror was created by MIrror Fair and it dates to the 1960s-1970s. The piece is fabriated in wood with gold le...

This stylish Adams style convex wall mirror dates to the later part of the 19th century, and it will make a subltle and elegant statement with its form and use of materials. Note:...

This stylish Italian Renaissance revival style wall mirror with its gold leaf finish and black borders will make a subtle statement with its finish and form. Note: The Latin text ...

This stylish English Regency style cantebury is fabricated in mahogany with brass hardware.

This stylish and chic Regency style console/library table dates to the 1980s and we belive was produced/sold by Heckman Furniture. Note: In the lead photo you will see to vertical...

This stylish English Regency inspired mahogany Baltic library table dates to the 1820s-1830s and was acquired from a Palm Beach estate. The piece has a beautiful French polish, gilt ...

Carved wood with gesso and gold metal finish Regency style convex mirror.

Regency Style Convex Mirror with with bands of acanthus leaves and reeded ebonized inner moulding. English, Circa 1890.

English Regency Copper Framed Convex Bullseye Mirror English Regency Molded Copper Round Convex mirror with Foliage, Floral and Shell motifs. England, 1930s. A gorgeous Regency copp...

Early 19th century Regency convex mirror, the plate of circular form set within reeded slip and ball decorated surround surmounted pair intricately carved pair of trumpets and star e...

An Exceptionally Small 19th Century, Regency Period, Gilt Circular Convex Mirror, Of Incredibly Rare Proportion, Having Attractive Turned Balls And Ebonised Reeded Slip To Frame, Enc...

A truly fabulous, important, rare and grand proportioned Regency giltwood convex mirror. The substantial frame carved with overlapping laurel leaves and berries, supporting to boldly carved acanthus candelabra with original cut-glass drip pans and gilt bronze nozzles. The gilding has aged to a deep rich colour. This fabulous and incredibly grand masterpiece retains its original convex mirror plate. One of the finest period convex mirrors ever made. The creation of convex mirrors became possible with the development of glass blowing. When the glassblower created a small glass bulb, they were filled with a metallic mixture of lead and tin while still hot. Once cooled, the bulbs were cut into smaller pieces and could be used as hand an pocket mirrors. They were used as fashionable pieces of jewelry and were often encased with gold, silver, ivory and tortoiseshell. The Empire circular convex mirror was introduced from France, where they had been made as early as 1756. This style of mirror became so popular under the heading ‘Mirrors’, in Sheraton’s 'Cabinet Dictionary' (1803), that they are the only style mentioned. Convex mirrors were said to “strengthen the colour and take off the coarseness of objects by contracting them”. Convex mirrors produced on a larger scale were both practical and intriguing. While they distort the image that they reflect, they also magnify light...