Mid-Century Gustavian Style Newly Painted Overmantel Mirror, in the Style of Maitland-Smith

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striking mid-century architectural overmantel mirror frame, meticulously transformed by hand into a museum-quality Swedish Gustavian style painted composite overmantel mirror … Read more striking mid-century architectural overmantel mirror frame, meticulously transformed by hand into a museum-quality Swedish Gustavian style painted composite overmantel mirror by Turtle & Crane Atelier. Originally housing a vintage oil painting, the frame has been completely cleared, stabilized, and retrofitted with a premium, new thick sheet of highly polished beveled mirror glass. The heavy molded composite frame structural framework allows for exceptionally crisp, deep-relief classical detailing, beautifully channeling the grand faux-wood and gesso castings found in premier mid-century markers like a Maitland-Smith style mirror, a Theodore Alexander mirror, or an ornate La Barge mirror. The grand silhouette balances the stately, formal presence of a French Louis XVI trumeau mirror with refined European traditional proportions, showcasing a prominent stepped crown cornice molding, an ornate repeating acanthus leaf frieze, and detailed Corinthian-style pilaster columns adorned with classical pinecone carving accents.About The Bespoke Finish:The true value of this piece lies in its labor-intensive, multi-layered custom artisan finish designed to appeal to high-end interior decorator and collector searches. The base is built from a traditional, chalky milk paint antique palette in a soft duck egg blue decor hue, which was painstakingly built up using multiple translucent glaze layers to achieve a soft, glowing historic sheen. To replicate centuries of authentic atmospheric wear, authentic relic ash was packed into the deepest grooves of the acanthus relief carvings, locking in a gritty, dimensional structural shadow that cannot be achieved with paint alone. The entire surface was then meticulously distressed with fine, artistic fly-speckling to mimic natural patination and buffed entirely by hand to a perfectly smooth, soft-sheen finish. Finally, the raised architectural carvings were highlighted with delicate, hand-gilded antique gold leaf accents. The crisp, angled edges of the new beveled glass panel catch the light beautifully, mirroring the dramatic stepped borders of the frame. This exceptional piece makes a commanding architectural statement whether styled as a Neoclassical mantel mirror over a fireplace or anchored as a large entryway focal point over a console table.About the Studio:At Turtle & Crane Atelier, we specialize in turning the past into stunning decor for today. Every vintage find is hand-selected for its underlying architectural bones and meticulously re-engineered through labor-intensive, multi-layered historical finish techniques, bringing unique character to the contemporary Hollywood Regency and Grandmillennial home.

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