18th c. Mirror

Found in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, this 18th-century French mirror is the kind of piece that makes you do a second take. The frame dates to the Louis XV period, carved from wood and finished in warm gilt with soft floral rosettes and scrolling details at each corner. The proportions are balanced  - exactly what you see in southern French interiors of the late 1700s, where beauty was meant to live easily alongside daily life. The glass is original mercury silvering, which is why the surface has that hazy, atmospheric reflection. Those clouds and speckles aren’t wear - they’re the natural result of 250 years of oxidation in pre-industrial mirror glass. Every 18th-century mirror ages differently, which makes this one completely singular. Sylvie loves this leaned casually on a mantel or set on a console where the light shifts across it throughout the day. 

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