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Louis Philippe Style Golden Mirror
We no longer present them to you ... because everyone now calls them under that name. in all sizes, and adorned with the most diverse decorative ornaments (row of pearls, laurel leaf frieze, oves or trompe l'oeil fluting in the Louis XVI style, the gilders will practice with them all the combinations of decorative vocabulary to the delight of the following generations. This richness of styles combined with the technical perfection of the execution continues to seduce all those who discover them. Tourists (when they are there) are ecstatic and envious of France , these treasures of our heritage.Made mainly under Napoleon III to meet a demand linked to urban planning with bourgeois comfort criteria, our mirror belongs to this generation of fireplace mirrors which with or without a pediment remains the essential element of decoration for who wants to structure an apartment of this time in the respect of the original style. That a mirror comes to miss above a chimney and immediately, the puzzle It starts: style, dimensions and budgets will be the 3 basic criteria of your research. Fortunately, The Picture Frame Gallery is here to help you not leave your fireplace orphaned. ask: and you will be served because our stock contains many hidden treasures. Our mirror, sober but decorated, combines the classicism of the Second Republic (laurel leaf frieze and vegetable symbol of victory since antiquity!) With the softness of a gilding to which time has conferred its pretty patina of use . Its size (138 cm) which is not small can if you fix it to the wall at 50 cm from the ground, transform it into ice at the most "chic" foot. It's up to you to play ... or rather, to buy !
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