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1950s Brass Italian 'Eye' Shaped Mirror
Organic, hand-formed silhouettes were a hallmark of Italian glass and mirror making through the 1950s, as houses like Cristal Arte and Fontana Arte moved away from rigid geometry toward shapes that felt sculpted rather than cut. This Italian vintage brass mirror belongs firmly to that sensibility — a single unbroken brass line drawn into a pointed, eye-like form, with no frame beyond the outline itself. The effect is closer to a piece of line-drawing in metal than a conventional mirror, letting the reflective surface float inside the brass with almost nothing holding it there. Age has given the brass a soft, uneven patina consistent with the period, and the glass carries the same gentle wear — both add to rather than detract from the piece's honesty.
Brass and glass, age-related patina · Dimensions: 75cm x 38cm · Italy, 1950s
1950s Brass Italian 'Eye' Shaped Mirror
Organic, hand-formed silhouettes were a hallmark of Italian glass and mirror making through the 1950s, as houses like Cristal Arte and Fontana Arte moved away from rigid geometry toward shapes that felt sculpted rather than cut. This Italian vintage brass mirror belongs firmly to that sensibility — a single unbroken brass line drawn into a pointed, eye-like form, with no frame beyond the outline itself. The effect is closer to a piece of line-drawing in metal than a conventional mirror, letting the reflective surface float inside the brass with almost nothing holding it there. Age has given the brass a soft, uneven patina consistent with the period, and the glass carries the same gentle wear — both add to rather than detract from the piece's honesty.
Brass and glass, age-related patina · Dimensions: 75cm x 38cm · Italy, 1950s
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