Mirrors for all occasions
Pine mirrors are popular because they are suitable for so many interiors, with styles from decorative Victorian to minimalist contemporary. Artistic and creative people enjoy our choice of rustic mirrors and distressed mirrors while fans of rich, warm colours appreciate the choice of dark wood mirrors Alternatively, for a light, fresh timber we have ash mirrors that are good quality hardwood accessories at competitive prices and so represent excellent value for money.
Our selection of mirrors complements the ranges of bedroom and living room furniture we have on offer. There are freestanding dressing table mirrors and full length cheval mirrors. Wall mirrors can be useful almost anywhere in the house and we offer mirrors in a variety of sizes, timbers and finishes to suit most locations.
For displaying serving dishes such as silver and for extra storage why not try
Oak Sideboards.
Mirrors and superstition
Because the mirror shows us another view of our immediate environment it is perhaps easy to understand why this item has been surrounded by legend and superstition since the earliest times. Ancient mirrors uncovered by archeologists were made of polished metal but the glass mirror, or looking glass, is believed to have been developed during the Renaissance in the 14th or 15th Century.
The Invention of the modern glass mirror
The technique for silvering the back of glass to produce a mirror was extremely difficult and expensive, so mirrors remained rare and valuable items right up until the early Victorian period. Then, in 1835, the German chemist
Justus von Leibig developed a chemical method of coating glass with metallic silver and this facilitated the mass production techniques that made mirrors widely available.
At Right Price Furniture we try to provide a selection of dressing table, wall mounted, cheval and great quality
cheap mirrors in different styles and materials, including oak, pine and painted wood. Curiously, it has been difficult to ascertain the origin of the name cheval mirror to describe
free standing mirror full length. It may have arisen from the horsemen of Napoleon's
Grand Armee, keen to admire themselves in full uniform whilst mounted upon their horse - or
cheval. Certainly large mirrors are used today by equestrians practising their dressage skills.
A great selection of functional and decorative mirrors. Whether looking for
funky mirrors, a traditional mirror or
Art Deco mirror for your home we hope our
wooden Mirrors page has been helpful.