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Large Early 19th Century Empire Style Over Mantle Mirror
Merchant House Antiques
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Large Early 19th Century Empire Style Over Mantle Mirror

19th century
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Very decorative early 19th century empire style overmantle miror

French circa 1840’ s with original backboards and mirror plate

Height 157 cms or 62 inches

Width 115.5 cms or 45.5 inches

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Merchant House Antiques has dated this Empire Overmantel Mirror to the 19th Century.

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Description
Very decorative early 19th century empire style overmantle miror

French circa 1840’ s with original backboards and mirror plate

Height 157 cms or 62 inches

Width 115.5 cms or 45.5 inches

Date of Manufacture

Merchant House Antiques has dated this Empire Overmantel Mirror to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1126275
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Mha0579/8120/5022
Merchant House Antiques
Merchant House Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Apr 2008

4th generation of antiques specialists. Expert in quality 19th century european furniture - specialists in farmhouse tables.

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A large rectangular early 19th-century Empire style overmantel mirror featuring a gilded frame with ornate floral moulding.
Large early 19th century empire style over mantle mirror
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Originating during the First French Empire under Napoleon, Empire style overmantel mirrors incorporate Neoclassical elements, symmetrical moulding, and classical motifs such as acanthus leaves, laurel wreaths, and floral relief ornament.

These pieces were typically constructed from a carved timber core, layered with gesso plaster, and finished with gold leaf applied using water gilding or oil gilding techniques onto hand-blown or early plate glass.

Authentic period pieces feature hand-sawn wooden backboards, natural oxidisation or foxing on the glass silvering, slight cracking or age wear to the gesso, and genuine gold leaf burnishing.

Positioning a giltwood mirror directly above a fireplace mantlepiece creates a formal focal point, while pairing classical gilded frames with clean modern wall shades provides visual contrast.

Dust gently using a soft feather duster or dry microfibre cloth, keeping moisture away from water-gilded surfaces, and avoid using commercial chemical glass cleaners on original mirror plates.
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