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Antiques By Arthur H. Schwerdt

Vampires could walk unseen before them. To break one night mean seven years of bad luck. A little girl named Alice once walked through one into another world. The history of mystery of superstition which surrounds mirrors has been attributed in large part to their relative scarcity in early days. But there is no scarcity of beautiful and fascinating mirrors in Cape May County antique shops — and no mystery how their wise use can really brighten up the decor of your home Mirrors are so commonplace today that many people are not concerned with their commonplace, practical uses. When they were more rare, mirrors were much more highly priced, and were traditionally used as special decoration. IN THE AMERICA of the 1600s. few families had a looking glass. (They were not to be called mirrors until the 1800s. ) Those who did have one had only one. and it was proudly displayed in the parlor for all to see By the 1700s more families had two mirrors, and these also were displayed where the family would entertain. Usually there would be a chimney glass above the fireplace, and a pier glass, so named because it ran along the pier beam in the space between two windows. These looking glasses were imported from England where the frames were made in the fashionable styles of the day. There was the delicate I Queen Anne style, some I highly laquered ( japanned > . I others painted with wispy oriental scenes in a manner I called chinoiserie (proI nounced "shin-waz-aree." I literally chinese-like i Later, the elaborately I carved wood of Thomas I Chippendale became popuI lar followed by the more I classical designs of HeppleI white and Sheraton. THE CLASS in these mirI rors was not of the high I quality that we know today I It was made in Italy where I they had learned the art of I cutting the glass thin and I even enough for minimum I distortion. But the tools and I the process were imperfect The process we call silverI ing. which is actually the ' application of tin foil and mercury, was also imperfect and didn't wear

well, resulting in looking glasses with shallow, marred and distorted images. As unsightly as this sounds, finding an old mirror like this today is a real bonanza. Like all breakable items, old glass becomes more rare with time and therefore more valuable Reproduction mirrors are sometimes made with purposely marred and imperfect glass for that antique look. IN THE 1800s. England's Duke of Buckingham opened his glass factory in Vauxhall. and mirrors became more common throughout the average household. In America we saw the elaborate federal mirror with carved eagles and finals. French Empire mirrors with rich ormolu and gesso figures, and fanciful Victorian dressing mirrors and vanity mirrors. By the 1920s and :«)s we were making entire pieces of furniture w ith mirrows. 1 am sure you have seen those mirrored table tops, tea carts, bars and vanities that were so popular during this period, many made with that exotic-looking blue glass. Beautiful mirrors are a real uplifting addition to a room, and the right mirrors are a necessity if your are attempting an authentic i period look IN ANY EVENT, try to J hang your mirrors with a liti tie care. Compose the images in each mirror as you would in taking a photograph. Check the view from . the seating in the room Your mirrors might as well show off your room and its accessories to their best advantage. Try a collecting of mir rors in different sizes and ' styles as a fascinating way ; to brighten up an odd wall or hallway Even on a main . wall you will find such an arrangement to be much more interesting than plain mir rored panelling. However i you use them — yes. I'll say it — well chosen mirrors can ► make really favorable ref flection on you and your 1 good taste. , NEXT WEEK: another 1 story of the collectibles scene. (Arthur Schwerdt. co i owner of the August Far 1 mhouse. on Route 9 in Swainton. invites questions * c/o this newspaper.)

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