A compact Louis Philippe wall mirror, soft-arched at the top with a double cavetto frame finished in ebonized paint and a narrow pale brown inner band that reads like a small piece of furniture rather than just glass. Originally made in mid-19th-century France to hang above mantels and dressers as a practical light-amplifier and finishing touch in modest bourgeois interiors, this example is built in solid wood with mitered joints; the ebonized finish shows honest surface wear and a small chip at the lower left, while the original silvered mirror plate bears period foxing, a few faint scratches and spots from oxidation. Sylvie loves to lean this on a narrow console so the thin gilt stripe reads like jewelry and the aged glass reframes whatever you toss in front of it.
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