Mirror

LE MIROIR

Mirror, mirror on the wall... well, not always on the wall; mirror is a material that visually changes the dimensions of a piece or a space, through reflection; a room looks larger when the eye sees the reflection of another part of the room in a mirror, and something similar goes for any surface covered in mirror; the object and its reflection seem to merge, and the reflection can be distorted or endlessly repeated or broken up depending on the way mirror is applied, which is why artists and designers love to play with it. We not only use mirror for its reflective quality, but as we accessorize and decorate, its creative possibilities are equal to our resourcefulness and imagination.

 mosaics 

the great Nikki de Saint Phalle's Tarot Garden in Tuscany

Baltimore Museum of Art

objects and walls

 mirrors in bathrooms

the mutiplication of reflections

mirrored furniture

classic American

classic French

JADHny

sitting on the floor

sunbursts

sweet ovals

 gilded splendor of the Hotel de Crillon, Paris

a "rearview mirror" pond on a serene day

images  cool zoom, yves janse, coco.kelley, brent.darcy, designer's call, xjavierx/sheila bridges, maison21, aphrochic, meredith jones via flickr and William A Boyd

au revoir.

oops,  I omitted to include Chicago's mirror-like Cloud Gate  by Anish Kapoor,

(thank you for the comment  http://legiterally.blogspot.com )