ARTISTIC MIRRORS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 June 1927, Page 7

ARTISTIC MIRRORS

There was never a time when mirrors were so important a part of the furnishing scheme as they are now. In the small room of the modern house the rightly-placed glass gives the effect of space and distance. More than that, mirrors can be uSbd most effectively to lighten a room, to reflect a quaint feature, or to show up beautiful splashes of colour. A glass should b e hung opposite a bowl of flowers, a bay window, Or some object worth emphasising. Once it is employed for the display of colour or form, the frame becomes an object of importance. Barbola and enamel work are very common mediums for its decoration because they enable such a wealth of colour to bo introduced. Most of theso mirrors, Py the way; are made to stand or hang.

One, a work of art from a wellknown studio, now supplying a West End shop, ha.s a beautiful oval frame designed from a museum model and carried out entirely in gilt. Surmonting- the top is a garland of roses, for-get-me-nots, and foliage worked in barbola in their natural colours. For the bedroom frames entirely surmounted by a raised floral design are in favour. Equally delightful are the small circular mirrors for the writing ; table or the boudoir. The frame in barbola is worked with a pretty ribbon effect in pink or blue, finished off at one side with a raised bunch of varicoloured flowers.