Antique Style Mirror in Gilded Teak with a Pierced Crest

The carved vines that lie over the glass are the last things fitted to this mirror, and they are fixed to the frame alone - never to the plate.

Ornament overlapping a mirror is what gives this style its depth: the eye reads the frame as being in front of the reflection rather than beside it. But it creates a practical question that has to be answered at the design stage. If those overlapping pieces were bedded down onto the glass, the plate could never come out again without breaking them off - and mirror plates do occasionally need to come out, whether after damage or simply after many years.

So each overlapping element is carved with a return that reaches back to the frame, and it is fixed there. Behind the part that lies over the glass there is a deliberate clearance - the carving hovers over the plate rather than resting on it.

The plate can then be lifted out from behind, past the vines, and a new one fitted, without a single carved element being disturbed.

Held that way, the vines also cast a shadow onto the glass, which is what makes them read as growing over it.

Material: solid teak in the frame, crest, trailing vines, base shell and back rail.

Crest: pierced carving above the frame, cut right through, with a central plume.

Sides: carved vines trailing from the crest, overlapping the plate, each fixed to the frame with clearance behind so the glass can be removed.

Base: carved shell at the centre with scrolls to both lower corners.

Glass: mirror plate shaped at the head to follow the arch of the frame.

Back: solid rail carrying the hanging fixings.

Finish: gilded by hand, raised faces burnished brighter than the grounds.

Made to order: size, crest height, extent of the overlapping carving and finish are all customisable. Custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production.

The pierced crest and the trailing vines are the elements at risk, and both stand clear of the frame.

Foam is pressed into every opening in the pierced crest so the carving is braced from behind, and a moulded foam block is fitted over the plume.

Each vine that overlaps the glass is packed with foam supporting it from beneath - between the carving and the plate - so nothing can press it down onto the glass in transit.

Acid-free tissue goes directly against the gilding before any foam, then foam sheet, then bubble wrap.

The plate is taped in a grid across its face and faced with a rigid board cut to its shaped head.

The mirror travels flat in a hardwood crate with corner protection and clear orientation marking. Multi-layer protective packaging is included on every order at no extra cost.

Delivery is free anywhere in India, with guaranteed dent-free arrival. No distance charge, no size charge and no handling fee.

Production begins once your dimensions are confirmed in writing - and for this mirror we ask for the ceiling height as well as the wall width, because the pierced crest adds height above the glass.

We photograph your actual mirror through the build: the frame, the crest pierced, the vines carved and fitted, the gilding and the finished mirror.

On site, our team unpacks it flat, marks the fixing position from the back rail and hangs it level.

Send us lift dimensions, stair turns and doorway widths ahead of dispatch so the route can be planned. Every photograph on this page is of the actual product, not a render.

The solid teak frame and joinery carry a 20-year warranty - the frame members, the arched head, the crest, the carved vines and the back rail, along with every joint between them.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs with the mirror and never expires. Teak's own oils are its first protection and our warranty stands behind them.

The mirror plate and the hanging fixings are covered against manufacturing defect. Because the overlapping carving is fixed to the frame with clearance behind it, a plate can be replaced at any point in the mirror's life without touching the carved work - which is the practical reason it is built that way.

The gilding is applied by hand and recorded against your order number for future repair. Contact us and we will arrange it.