Accessories
Art Nouveau Art Deco Table Mirror in German Silverplate by WMF
This Silverplate Art Deco/Art Nouveau WMF Table Mirror is ideal for a dressing table, vanity, or mantle. It features stylish details that transition from Art Nouveau to Art Deco, with elements that could could be called "Jugendstil" design. Born in the "Art Nouveau Era" this is a pre-cursor of "Deco" in the geometric shapes and clean lines moving away from the more ornate and "floral" Nouveau motifs.
This is both a "repousee" technique and the unique "hard silver plating" method, which adds extra layers of silver to parts that would typically wear out,so this piece has preserved the enduring beauty of this mirror over 100 years old. It retains its original beveled edge and the wood back is in excellent condition.
Between 1900 and 1910, the German company WMF rose to fame for its Art Nouveau style and established branches for worldwide exports in London, Warsaw, and Vienna. Many pieces were sent to Argentina through the exclusive distributor Anezin Hermanos y Cia, and it is likely that Harrods Department Store, which opened on Florida Street in Buenos Aires in 1912, was one of the major retailers of decorative pieces such as this mirror.
