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 Beautiful Venetian Mirrors and Venetian Mirror Furniture Direct from Italy
The Venetian mirror has never lost its allure. These masterpieces were first produced in Venice at the beginning of the sixteenth century, and to this day beautiful Venetian glass mirrors continue to be lovingly made on the island of Murano, for discerning clientele all over the world. A handful of small family run companies take pride in the production of these works of art and timeless elegance.
The Murano glass mirror’s worldwide reputation is rightly deserved, as until the Venetian glass masters discovered the secrets to producing perfectly smooth mirror panes, the world had to make do with mirrors no more than a few inches wide!
Finally it was the Murano glass masters who figured out how to would blow cylinders of crystal clear glass, which were then cut open and laid flat to cool. These were known as “Quadri”, or squares seen here. This was only the beginning of a long and laborious process: The sheets of glass would them be transported to the mirror makers in Venice, who would then spend weeks hand polishing the glass to a beautiful mirror finish, the quality and uniformity was unrivalled in the rest of the world.. Finally to give reflection tin foil was backed on to the glass using mercury. Dangerous mercury gave way to precious silver, the backing that is still used on today’s genuine Murano glass mirrors.
Often the mirrors are adorned with beautiful hand made Murano glass flowers, and the glass when engraved, is done so by master engravers using a diamond wheel.
At Venetian Mirror Centre we are proud to offer you the worlds largest selection of authentic Murano glass mirrors and Venetian glass furniture. Our styles range from sixteenth century models to elegant “art deco” offerings.
All our designs can be reproduced with either a new, or aged “antique” finish to suit your brief.
We also supply a carefully chosen, affordable reproduction Venetian mirrors and reproduction mirror furniture.
Special projects
If you are an interior designer with a special project or idea we would love to hear from you wherever you are in the world. Please contact us if you have a particular design you are looking to have made, or need a bespoke Venetian Mirror or custom Murano mirror furniture.
Carl Mallory
Venetian Mirror Centre
0800 0435 014
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