Artistic tradition
French style Bacco mirror
Craftsmanship and Made in Italy
French style mirrors industry was born in 1665 when the French politician Jean-Baptiste Colbert persuaded some important Venetian masters to move to France.
That is the story behind French Style Mirrors. This style is different from Venetian one. It is characterized by a deep grinding and a more geometric design.
A French mirror in fact is made of lots of different bevelled pieces that are closed together and create an harmonious geometrical figure. A beautiful example is Donato, an iconic mirror by Arte Veneziana that is made of 412 hand bevelled pieces. The most visible difference between a Venetian and a French mirror is the total absence of hand-blown glass decorations.
A certain blue enters your soulHenry Matisse
Decorations
Engravings of floral motifs and mythological characters of which Bacchus, a Faun and a young handmaid.
Decorative elements made of bevelled glass on the corners.
Technical info
Size: W. 145 cm, H. 220 cm
Size: W. 57", H. 86" 5/8
Code: MFX-AVA-005-M80
Fixing metal bars included
Custom to specification
Inspired by the blue shades of the french Seine
Canaletto Family Line
The main character is blue
The family line Canaletto reminds of a romantic trip along the Seine. The most iconic element of this line of mirrors is blue like the shades of a famous river or a signature sky. And that's why Arte Veneziana decided to name one of its mirror line Canaletto. This name that means small river in Italian, fits perfectly for those blue and silvered family of mirrors.