Rectangular patinated and beveled mirror with in-curving near the top. Triple horizontal lines are incised at regular intervals around the frame. The mirror is topped with a flowers and a swag.

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1925	Work on this object began.
1970	We photographed this object.
1975	We acquired this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
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Mirror (France)

This is a Mirror. It was designed by Edgar Brandt. It is dated ca. 1925 and we acquired it in 1975. Its medium is cast and patinated bronze with beveled mirrored plate glass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

The stylized floral crest suggests neoclassical French decoration and a 1920s aesthetic.

It is credited Gift of Stanley Siegel, from the Stanley Siegel Collection.

Shopping Bag, Max Factor: American Spring

Shopping Bag, Max Factor: American Spring
paper.
Gift of Unknown Donor.
2000-26-76

Sidewall - Samples, European Wallpapers: Modern Designs

Sidewall - Samples, European Wallpapers: Modern Designs
machine-printed on paper.
Gift of Lois and William Katzenbach.
1969-167-1-10

Book Illustration, Note pour MM. les presidents et membres du jury international concernant l'etablissement de Jules Desfossé, fabricant de papiers peints, à Paris (Note to Messrs. the chairmen and members of the international jury for the establishment of Jules Desfossé, manufacturer of wallpaper, to Paris), Floral wallpaper design sample, plate 3

Book Illustration, Note pour MM. les presidents et membres du jury...
hand-blocked print on paper.
Collection of Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
SIL39088007962376

Our curators have highlighted 8 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

Lithographic poster ad in landscape orientation for the Parisian gallery of ironsmith Edgar Brandt. At the top of the poster, three lines of black, all uppercase letters read “Galerie / Edgar Brandt / 27 Boulevard Malherbes Paris”. The name EDGAR BRANDT dominates the upper section and its letters are highlighted with bead-like motifs that recall a decorative element used in wrought iron designs. At the center of the poster, a square frame contains an opulent motif of decorative ironwork, with two curved leaves symmetrically supporting three fan-like stylized flowers resembling a papyrus motif, of which the central one is largest. This curvilinear wrought iron motif is balanced on either side by an alphabetical list of names of over 30 designers represented in the gallery that includes for instance Daum and Lalique. At the bottom of the poster, one last line of text reads “Art décoratif contemporain” (contemporary decorative arts). The text and image are superimposed over curving light brown stylized floral and leaf line drawings that fill out the background and recall decorative elements of metalwork designs. The poster text, illustration and background reflect elegance.

Poster, Galerie Edgar Brandt
lithograph on tan paper, lined with linen.
Museum purchase from Drawings and Prints Council Fund.
2004-8-1

Drawing, Fireplace Wall Elevation, Dining Room, Agnes Miles Carpenter Residence, 950 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

Drawing, Fireplace Wall Elevation, Dining Room, Agnes Miles Carpenter...
graphite, blue and violet crayon, brush and silver paint on tracing paper.
Gift of the Estate of Agnes M. Carpenter.
1958-133-4

Mirror
cherry or pearwood, mirror glass, paint, gold leaf.
Lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift,....
66.2016.9

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 139.7 x 72 x 5 cm (55 x 28 3/8 x 1 15/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Mirror (France); Designed by Edgar Brandt (French, 1880–1960); cast and patinated bronze with beveled mirrored plate glass; H x W x D: 139.7 x 72 x 5 cm (55 x 28 3/8 x 1 15/16 in.); Gift of Stanley Siegel, from the Stanley Siegel Collection; 1975-32-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s and Thom Browne Selects.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2CKSH/
Accession Number 1975-32-1
Object ID 18488121