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A Regency Overmantel Mirror
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A Regency Overmantel Mirror

19th century
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An elegant Regency overmantel mirror, the landscape shaped mirror within a gilt slip and quarter moulded border, in a lightly swept burr elm frame with mitered corners and a gilt cushion moulded edge, and with plain block supports to each side, the back with sugar paper over boards. English, circa 1810.

Condition: Very good, the mirror is in excellent condition with no damage or repairs, the plate appears to be the original but remains clear with a couple of small marks near the top; the frame is in excellent condition with no damage to the wood or loss to the gilding. There are two mirror plates fitted on the sides near the top. Overall the mirror has pleasing proportions and an appearance of the elegant simplicity associated with Regency country furniture.

Physical Dimensions
Height
59cm (23.23")
Width
98cm (38.58")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
Declaration

Chequers Antiques has dated this Regency Overmantel Wall Mirror to the Regency era.

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SA1209591
Description
An elegant Regency overmantel mirror, the landscape shaped mirror within a gilt slip and quarter moulded border, in a lightly swept burr elm frame with mitered corners and a gilt cushion moulded edge, and with plain block supports to each side, the back with sugar paper over boards. English, circa 1810.

Condition: Very good, the mirror is in excellent condition with no damage or repairs, the plate appears to be the original but remains clear with a couple of small marks near the top; the frame is in excellent condition with no damage to the wood or loss to the gilding. There are two mirror plates fitted on the sides near the top.

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Overall the mirror has pleasing proportions and an appearance of the elegant simplicity associated with Regency country furniture.
Chequers Antiques
Height
59cm (23.23")
Width
98cm (38.58")
Depth
5cm (1.97")
Date of Manufacture

Chequers Antiques has dated this Regency Overmantel Wall Mirror to the Regency era.

Reference Numbers
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SA1209591
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A rectangular early 19th-century Regency overmantel mirror framed in figured burl wood veneer with an inner gilt slip border and corner plinth feet.
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Archive I A rectangular early 19th-century Regency overmantel mirror framed in figured burl wood veneer with an inner gilt slip border and corner plinth feet.

A Regency Overmantel Mirror

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Archive III A rectangular early 19th-century Regency overmantel mirror framed in figured burl wood veneer with an inner gilt slip border and corner plinth feet. View III
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A rectangular early 19th-century Regency overmantel mirror framed in figured burl wood veneer with an inner gilt slip border and corner plinth feet.
A Regency Overmantel Mirror
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A rectangular early 19th-century Regency overmantel mirror framed in figured burl wood veneer with an inner gilt slip border and corner plinth feet.
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Popularised in early 19th-century Britain, Regency overmantel mirrors were designed to sit horizontally above fireplace mantels to reflect architectural proportion, light, and visual space across drawing rooms.

These mirrors frequently featured timber frames faced with fine veneers such as burr maple, satinwood, or mahogany, often bordered with a gilded wood inner slip and fitted with heavy glass plates.

Authentic Regency mirrors typically exhibit hand-cut backboards, thin wood veneers, original gilding accents, and natural age-related oxidisation or foxing to the silvering on the glass plate.

Position the mirror centrally above a living room fireplace or mount it above a hallway side table to establish visual balance and amplify incoming light.

Dust the timber frame regularly with a dry microfibre cloth, apply clear beeswax sparingly along the veneer surfaces, and clean the glass plate using a damp cloth while avoiding moisture contact with the frame.
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