A Brief History of Framed Mirrors
The Victorians were extravagant. Alongside feathered hats and the casual wearing of capes was opulent interior design. A mirror, for example, wasn’t just a mirror. Exotic flowers, Grecian faces, and prancing fauna were carved into its gilded frames. The organically swirling patterns of the frame were so intricate that they were works of art. In short, those Victorian mirrors were epic. Epic, however, slowly became gaudy as the Industrial Revolution made these luxuries obsolete. Then, the slow crawl toward modernism began. With an emphasis on minimalism, the ornate frames of mirrors became little more than curiosities. The new wave of
