Flemish Baroque Style Cushion Mirror

A Flemish style ebonised ripple frame mirror. Continental, early 20th Century.

This monumental 17th-century Flemish mirror is crafted in the grand Baroque style. The magnificent frame is veneered in exquisite tortoiseshell with wave-moulded bands of ebony providing a flawless accent. Tortoiseshell and ebony were both among the most precious and coveted materials of the 17th century, and are used to their utmost effect in this exceptionally rare looking glass. Flemish glassworkers enjoyed a reputation of excellence beginning in the 16th century. These skillful craftsmen are credited with the invention of the tin-mercury method of mirror-making, a process that made polished metal mirrors obsolete. They employed and excelled in a number of decorative techniques in creating the frames, including marquetry, japanning (Dutch and Flemish japanning was of the highest quality, surpassing even the English), and the use of tortoiseshell veneering...

Baroque Style Mirror. Packaging with bubble wrap and cardboard boxes is included. If the wooden packaging is needed (fumigated crates or boxes) for US and International Shipping, it'...

This mirror has a very well-carved frame, leafy, open and shapely. It has a lightness and exuberance that brings out such qualities in its surroundings

Monumental mirror crafted in the opulent Baroque style. The mirror features an ondulating, intricately carved giltwood frame, richly decorated with acanthus leaves, asymmetrical scro...

Baroque style giltwood frame mounted as a mirror, rectangular with floral moldings with running lozenge decoration centering an antiqued rectangular mirror plate. Mirror: 30" H x 22...