The mirror Louis XV and Louis XVI is richly decorated and carved by the French. This decoration princely was built in the time of Louis XV, and it has changed look at the time of Louis XVI.
The mirror Louis XV, both baroque and elegant
Since the dawn of time, it is a decorative element used by the royalty as its people. At the time of Louis XV, the ice has taken on the look of baroque. In fact, the ice itself is framed in a wood carving gilded or painted. The grounds, rich and loaded are usually inspired by plant foliage, vines, laurel leaves, flowers and fruits. The patterns in the branches and garlands of flowers are usually details in bronze, which gives the ice cream its golden hue. The mirror pier, a model highly sought after, is home to a painting all in parallel with the ice. The mirror Louis XV was built by the miroitiers of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine in the Eighteenth century. They have imported the ice of the Saint-Gobain and the covered tin and quicksilver. The rococo style of the model Louis XV still displays sculptures symmetrical. In this time, the decorative element is already available in several forms : ice to hang, the mirror to ask, or to wear. Some wall mounted models Louis XV reach a size of two meters and more.
If the mirror Louis XV is in the rococo style sculptures, symmetrical, ice Louis XVI evolves in the neoclassical style. In fact, the ice is inspired by greco-roman antiquity. His sculptures and shapes abandon the symmetry and turn to art more bold and become straight. Regarding the sculpture, the patterns change in splines, knots of ribbon, in a frieze of positions and falls of laurels. Models of mirrors Louis XVI provencal continue to display patterns more loaded as the shoots of the vines and bouquets of flowers. In addition to the sculptures, it is decorated with beads, ova or ray-of-pearl. At the end of the Eighteenth century, the mirror Louis XVI is decorated with sculptures of attributes military as flags, drums, shields or helmets.
Mirrors, Louis XVI, baroque and neoclassical
Mirrors, Louis XV and Louis XVI are from very large assemblies. Moreover, this detail explains their impeccable quality, in spite of seniority. The carved wood of the frame is simply nailed to the frame. It is here that the sculptor is part of his imagination and virtuosity with the sculpture in various patterns. The two rails and the two stiles of the floors are connected by joints mortised self-tapping and would like. The mirrors themselves are always in the mercury. The actual ice Louis XV and XVI are rare, even in antique shops. Because of this, they are part of the objects of the most sought-after and trendy antique mirrors and decorative art. Actually, these are the pieces ideal for decorating a fireplace.
