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In this blog I'll be posting all kinds of stuff about distressed mirrors, thoughts and ideas that you’ll probably battle to find anywhere else on the net. If you love the look and feel of foxed glass, or just prefer old-looking, charismatic mirrors, read on and enjoy.


Monday, October 10, 2011

Private Client, Newlands

The four panels in the workshop shortly before installation. Note the rippled edge treatment.
 
These full-length antique mirrored panels were installed into the doors concealing the main dressing room at a private residence in Newlands. The client, an artist, wished for mirrors that were "silvery, but cloudy" with swirling blooms and shapes discernible in the surface. Having seen a sample with a rippled edge, she asked for the same treatment along the edges of her mirrors. The resulting effect is of antique silver mirrors floating like puddles on the sheets of glass.