Devonshire Dark Stain Oak Cheval Mirror NM40S
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Product code: NM40S
Dimensions:
Depth: 75mm
Width: 530mm
Height: 1470mm
Further product information:
Devonshire Dark Stain Oak Cheval Mirror NM40S:This mirror is made with a solid oak frame, completed with a tough lacquer finish. The design is like an easel, with the two rear legs hinged on the back of the frame.
Devonshire Dark Stain Solid Oak Bedroom Collection
The Devonshire Dark Solid Oak range is good quality, fully assembled, contemporary style furniture made of solid oak and presented in an attractive dark wood finish.
Features that demonstrate the quality of this furniture include the use of dovetail joints in drawer construction and the use of solid wood tongue and groove panelling to drawer bases and cabinet backs.
This quality range from renowned North Devon manufacturer Devonshire Pine Ltd. is completed in a durable lacquer that is ideally suited to wooden furniture used in the modern home. It highlights the attractive colour and grain of the wood and simplifies cleaning and maintenance.
All items in this range are fully assembled except for beds and wardrobes which are partially dismantled to facilitate delivery.
0701 Dark Wood Furniture History
The history of dark furniture is that originally wooden furniture would have all been light coloured. For example, the dark coloured oak furniture from the Middle Ages or mediaeval times that is seen in museums would actually have been quite light in colour when it was first made as this is the natural colour of oak. Perhaps the only finish that would have been used to protect the wood would have been beeswax or tallow made from animal fats, in either case it would not by itself have significantly darkened the colour of the wood. Over many years wood mellows and darkens in colour. Added to this, wooden furniture from these times would have been subject to hundreds of years of dirt, smoke and soot. The cumulative effect produced dark wood furniture. As the effect is not unattractive the desire arose to try and reproduce this look. This was particularly the case during Victorian times when there was a revival of interest in the medieval period, known as the Gothic revival.
3701 Mirrors in the ancient world
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.