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This
is a truly magnificent mirror frame and planter in Victorian style.
Exquisitely designed to allure, it is visually splendid. Its
suggestive structure and ornamentation take us back to the
time between the XIX and XX centuries, when mirrors like these hang
in the most elegant and exclusive parlors.
The frame has space for three main mirrors, a central larger one and
two small ones on each side. Six more round mirrors are in the lower
part of the frame. The planter is below the central mirror,
providing space for plants or adornments. Two more small shelves are
below the two side mirrors.
The whole frame is brilliantly ornamented with fretworked panels and
borders containing among other things columns, dragons, grotesque
masks and a large number of leaves and flowers. The protruding
molding of the upper part is particularly graceful.
I have
completely reconstructed this pattern after an old Italian
masterpiece of fretwork design. The largest piece is divided in
sections that can be cut separately and assembled easily with the
help of dovetail joints. The joints of these sections, though
discrete, are nevertheless almost completely covered by the
different pieces forming the ornamentation of the mirror. Besides
the long time required to complete a project like this, its
construction has no particular difficulty. The patterns have been
designed to use 1/4 and 1/8 inches wood or 6 and 3 mm wood. By
scaling the pattern appropriately any other wood thickness can also
be used. These are the dimensions of the mirror depending on the wood
thickness you use:
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Height |
Width |
Depth |
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1/8 and 1/4 in. wood |
36.8 in. |
30.9 in. |
5.4 in. |
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3/16 and 3/8 in.
wood |
55.2 in. |
46.3 in |
8.2 in. |
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4 and 8 mm wood |
117.3 cm |
99 cm |
17.5 cm |
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3 and 6 mm wood |
88 cm |
74.2 cm |
13.1 cm |
Please note that this pattern is registered and copyrighted. If you would like to have it I offer it for 18 € plus shipping.
The pattern is computer made, which provides total precision, and nicely printed for convenient scrolling. Please write me to
[email protected] to buy this pattern or for any questions.
This
picture has kindly been sent by Frank Gulotta from North Babylon,
New York, USA. The mirror is entirely made with hardwoodof cherry,
walnut, padauk and yellowheart.
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