Mirror - Brass

It is a mirror that seems to have survived several generations without losing an iota of its charm. The frame, brass-worked, displays a repertoire of relief roses that directly evokes the refined taste of the Louis XVI style: plump blossoms, leaves that intertwine gently, an ornamentation that does not overwhelm, but envelops with classical elegance. There is in the design that characteristic blend of order and delicacy, as if each botanical motif were placed to balance the next.

The glass, original to its era, preserves its surrounding bevel, that little gleam that only old mirrors know how to give. And, at the same time, it unapologetically shows the signs of time: tarnish, oxidation spots, areas where the silver has faded and lets a nearly nebulous background show through. Far from diminishing its beauty, these traces of the passage of years give it a deeply vintage, authentic character, impossible to imitate with modern artifices.

The piece conveys the sense of a lived-in object, a piece that has accompanied different rooms, different lights, different lives. A mirror that not only reflects, but tells its own story in every imperfection.

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