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Unique, decorative and hand crafted mirrors are
very much a priced possession and many passionate antique
collectors love to collect them. Mirrors with different and
beautiful frames attract everyone’s attention. Most antique
mirrors have a historical value attached to them and hence are
expensive in terms of money. Some of the mirrors are as old as
fifty years and hence are polished or worked upon to make them
appear new.
Antique mirrors are often considered like a jewel of a room. The
skilled craftsmanship and the unique styles and designs for
antique mirrors allows one to make a statement that one wants to
be it classic, romantic, bold, antediluvian etc. |
Wood antique mirrors are generally furnished in Queen Anne walnut,
Georgian mahogany, satinwood and Regency rosewood. A genuine wood
antique mirror makes a beautiful design statement in a room, but it is
very costly. If one does not wish to spend too much on the authentic
antique mirrors, faux-antique mirrors are actually inexpensive and easy
to make giving the customers an antique feel to their room without
making a hole in their pocket.
Antique decorative mirrors appear best when placed near corners of the
room; placing plants in front of them. An old grandmother’s mirror can
also look quite antique in that space in the room which one always
wanted to fill up. An old mirror in fact can be re-decorated and used
according to the design and the color set up in the room. If some old
mirrors have been spotted, resilvering is the best option to make it
look beautiful again.
Antique English mirrors dating back to the 18th and the 19th century
have great demand in the antique collection industry. The classic
English antique gilt mirror is something that every antique mirror
collector would want to possess. A type of English mirrors include the
over mantel mirrors which were specifically designed to rest down onto a
mantel shelf to brighten the room. Most of the antique mirrors are
re-gilded in gold to give it finishing touches.
Exotic antique make-up mirrors are a wonderful and a sophisticated gift
one could ever ask for. Most antique mirror collectors carve a niche for
themselves by collecting only make-up mirrors. Most often these mirrors
are silver plaited with floral designs on them. Their contemporary
simplicity is what makes these mirrors a collectible.
Antique mirrors are usually enlarge a room space or brighten a dark
area, or are used to reflect a chandelier or spectacular view. Antique
mirrors speak a lot of the era to which it belongs. For e.g. pre 20th
century mirrors would always have a wooden back or that the older
European mirror frames tend to have a mitered joint with a spine running
through it for strength. Most of the American frames usually have either
mitered or lap joints at the back of it.
One of the important things to care of while handling and cleaning an
old mirror is that direct sunlight and humidity should be avoided. It
can affect the wood frame of the piece or can also make the mirror
spotted. ..
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