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A Full-Length Arched Mirror in Hand-Gilded Champagne Gold
A 1700 mm arched leaner mirror with a beaded frame, gessoed and finished in hand-applied gold leaf with a softly aged champagne patina. The arch reads as an opening rather than a panel, and at full height it returns the wall opposite along with the light from the window. 1700 mm tall, 750 mm wide, 42 mm deep, 14.3 kg. Paulownia wood, glass and MDF. Plain glass. D-rings fitted and an anti-topple kit included, so it can lean or hang.
What Makes This Mirror Worth Leaning
- It borrows from architecture: Arches belong to doorways and windows. At floor level and 1700 mm tall, the shape suggests the room carries on past the frame.
- It is gilded, not painted: Hand-applied gold leaf over a gesso ground. Real metal catches light across the beading in a way flat gold paint cannot.
- It reads warm rather than bright: The champagne patina is softly aged, so the frame suits contemporary rooms as readily as traditional ones.
- It works full length: 750 mm wide at 1700 mm tall gives a genuine head-to-toe reflection, replacing a cheval without the floor space one demands.
- It leans or hangs: D-rings fitted to the reverse. Floor-standing in most rooms, wall-mounted where floor space is tight.
- It ships with an anti-topple kit: Included as standard. Securing a mirror of this height to the wall behind it is not optional.
Where to Lean It and What It Will Do to the Room
Beside a wardrobe in a bedroom, in place of a cheval. Opposite the front door in a narrow hallway, doubling the daylight. Beside a fireplace where the arch answers the surround. Angled slightly into a dressing area for a truer view. For warm, pale bedroom schemes where a champagne frame settles in naturally, our neutral beige bedroom guide covers the layering.
Why an Arched Mirror Suits Hallways and Small Bedrooms
An arch is architecture before it is decoration. Doorways, windows and alcoves are arched, so when a mirror takes that shape and stands on the floor at 1700 mm tall, the eye reads it for a moment as an opening rather than a surface. What it reflects supports the illusion. A leaner catches the wall opposite, the ceiling line and the light from the window, and returns them at full height. The room appears to continue past the frame. This is why arched leaners are used in narrow hallways and small bedrooms far more often than their size would suggest.
The finish is the second half of the piece. The frame is beaded, and beneath the gold it is gessoed: a traditional chalk ground laid over the timber and worked smooth before any leaf is applied. Gesso is what gives gilding its depth, filling the grain so the metal sits on a flawless surface and picks up light evenly across every bead. The gold leaf is applied by hand over that ground, then softened to a champagne patina. The result is warm and slightly aged rather than bright, and because it is hand-finished, no two frames wear identically.
1700 mm tall, 750 mm wide, 42 mm deep, 14.3 kg. Plain glass. Paulownia wood frame with an MDF backing, D-rings fitted, anti-topple kit included. Paulownia is chosen for exactly this format: a low-density, stable hardwood that keeps a mirror of this height manageable. For the same floor-standing scale in a painted rather than gilded finish, the Hand Crafted Antique Style Leaner Mirror in Cream takes a softer, quieter route.
What the Mirror Includes
- Arched full-length format. 1700 mm tall by 750 mm wide. Head-to-toe reflection for dressing, and an architectural shape that suggests an opening in the wall rather than a panel hung on it.
- Hand-applied gold leaf over gesso. A traditional chalk ground worked smooth beneath the metal, so the leaf sits evenly and every bead catches light. Finished by hand, so each frame differs.
- Softly aged champagne patina. Warm and pale rather than bright yellow gold. The aged finish is what lets the mirror sit in a contemporary room without reading as reproduction antique.
- Beaded frame profile. A run of fine beading around the arch. It is the detail that catches raking light from a window or a lamp and gives the frame texture at close range.
- Anti-topple kit supplied. Included as standard, not an accessory. A mirror of this height must be secured to the wall behind it once positioned.
- Lean it or hang it. D-rings are fitted to the reverse, so the mirror can be wall-mounted instead of floor-standing if the room suits it better.
Why Gold Leaf Over Gesso Looks Different to Gold Paint
Gold paint is pigment suspended in a medium, so it dries to a single flat tone and reflects light in one direction. Leaf behaves like metal because it is metal, beaten thin and laid onto a prepared ground. It picks up light at different intensities across a curved surface, which is why a beaded frame in leaf looks alive along its length while the same profile in paint looks uniform. The gesso underneath is what makes this possible: it fills and levels the timber grain so the leaf has nothing to sink into. Skip that stage and the metal follows every imperfection beneath it.
Where to Lean It and What It Will Do to the Room
In a bedroom leaning against the wall beside a wardrobe, where it replaces a freestanding cheval and takes up less floor. In a narrow hallway opposite the front door, doubling the daylight that comes in with it. In a living room beside a fireplace, where the arch answers the shape of the surround. In a dressing area angled slightly into the room for a truer full-length view. Against panelling or a chimney breast, where the champagne tone lifts a pale scheme without introducing a strong colour.
What to Know Before You Order
- Fit the anti-topple kit. Always. A 1700 mm mirror weighing 14.3 kg can fall forward if knocked, and the glass is unprotected. Secure it to the wall as soon as it is positioned, without exception in homes with children or pets.
- Check the floor and the angle. Leaners rely on friction at the base. Hard floors, particularly polished tile and laminate, allow the foot to slide outward over time. A rug, a felt pad or a shallower lean all help, and the anti-topple fixing remains essential regardless.
- The finish is hand-applied. Depth of gilding, the strength of the patina and the way the leaf breaks over the beading vary from frame to frame and against the photography. This is the character of a hand-finished piece, not a defect.
- Two people to position it. The paulownia frame keeps the weight down, but at 1700 mm the mirror is awkward rather than heavy. Unbox and place it with help, and keep the glass face away from door frames on the way in.
Delivery
| Service | Timescale | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 3-5 working days | Free |
| Next working day | Order before 4pm | £5.95 |
UK mainland only. Orders placed on weekends or bank holidays are dispatched the next working day.
We are unable to deliver to Northern Ireland, the Scottish Isles, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Wight, the Isle of Man, or the Isles of Scilly. Full delivery information.
Returns
28-day returns policy. Contact us within 28 days of receipt if you are not happy with your order.
Items must be returned unused and in their original packaging. Our UK-based team will guide you through the process. Full returns information.
Arched Gold Leaner Mirror MR527G: Questions Answered
It is included as standard, and yes. A mirror standing 1700 mm tall with an unprotected glass face can fall forward if it is knocked or if the base slides. Fit the kit to the wall behind the mirror as soon as you have decided on its position. In a home with children or pets this is not a precaution to weigh up, it is a requirement.
Yes. D-rings are fitted to the reverse for one-way hanging. Wall mounting suits rooms where floor space is tight or where a leaner would block a walkway. At 14.3 kg, use fixings rated for the load: wall plugs and screws into masonry, or hollow-wall anchors or a stud fixing on plasterboard.
Gesso is a chalk-based ground laid over the timber and worked smooth before gilding. It fills the grain so the gold leaf has a flawless surface to sit on. Without it the metal follows every mark in the wood beneath. It is the reason a gessoed and gilded frame has depth where a painted one has only colour.
Gold leaf, applied by hand over the gesso ground, then softened to an aged champagne patina. Because it is metal rather than pigment it reflects light at varying intensities across the beading, which is what gives the frame its movement as you walk past it.
Considerably softer. Champagne is a pale, warm tone with the patina taken back, so it reads closer to antique brass than to bright yellow gilt. That restraint is what allows the mirror to work in a plain contemporary bedroom as comfortably as in a period room.
Leaners rely on friction where the base meets the floor, and polished tile, laminate and sealed boards all offer less of it than carpet. A rug underneath, felt pads on the foot, or a slightly shallower lean will all help. None of them replaces the anti-topple fixing.
Because the format demands it. Paulownia is a low-density hardwood that stays dimensionally stable, which keeps a 1700 mm frame down to 14.3 kg. A comparable mirror in a denser timber would be considerably heavier to move and would put far more load on a wall fixing.
No. The gilding is applied and aged by hand, so the depth of the leaf, the strength of the patina and the way the finish breaks over the beading differ from piece to piece and from the photography. That variation is what distinguishes a hand-finished frame from a sprayed one.
Warm metals rather than cool: brass, antique brass and bronze all sit comfortably with champagne gilding, while chrome and nickel tend to argue with it. Pale walls give the frame the contrast it needs. To carry the same warm metallic note at a smaller scale elsewhere in the room, the Simplistic Round Wall Mirror in Gold keeps the tone in a slim contemporary frame.
Dimensions: 1700 mm (H) x 750 mm (W) x 42 mm (D). Shape: arched. Frame: paulownia wood, gessoed with hand-applied gold leaf in an aged champagne patina. Glass: plain, no bevel. Materials: paulownia wood, glass, MDF. Type: leaner, with D-rings for optional wall hanging. Anti-topple kit: included. Weight: 14.3 kg.
Full-Length Light in a Small Room
Lean it where it can catch a window, not a blank wall, and the daylight it returns will do more for the room than the reflection does. Keep the wall behind it pale so the champagne gilding has something to lift against, and secure the anti-topple fixing before you style anything around it. For more on warm, light-led schemes:
Overview
A Full-Length Arched Mirror in Hand-Gilded Champagne Gold
A 1700 mm arched leaner mirror with a beaded frame, gessoed and finished in hand-applied gold leaf with a softly aged champagne patina. The arch reads as an opening rather than a panel, and at full height it returns the wall opposite along with the light from the window. 1700 mm tall, 750 mm wide, 42 mm deep, 14.3 kg. Paulownia wood, glass and MDF. Plain glass. D-rings fitted and an anti-topple kit included, so it can lean or hang.
What Makes This Mirror Worth Leaning
- It borrows from architecture: Arches belong to doorways and windows. At floor level and 1700 mm tall, the shape suggests the room carries on past the frame.
- It is gilded, not painted: Hand-applied gold leaf over a gesso ground. Real metal catches light across the beading in a way flat gold paint cannot.
- It reads warm rather than bright: The champagne patina is softly aged, so the frame suits contemporary rooms as readily as traditional ones.
- It works full length: 750 mm wide at 1700 mm tall gives a genuine head-to-toe reflection, replacing a cheval without the floor space one demands.
- It leans or hangs: D-rings fitted to the reverse. Floor-standing in most rooms, wall-mounted where floor space is tight.
- It ships with an anti-topple kit: Included as standard. Securing a mirror of this height to the wall behind it is not optional.
Where to Lean It and What It Will Do to the Room
Beside a wardrobe in a bedroom, in place of a cheval. Opposite the front door in a narrow hallway, doubling the daylight. Beside a fireplace where the arch answers the surround. Angled slightly into a dressing area for a truer view. For warm, pale bedroom schemes where a champagne frame settles in naturally, our neutral beige bedroom guide covers the layering.
Description
Why an Arched Mirror Suits Hallways and Small Bedrooms
An arch is architecture before it is decoration. Doorways, windows and alcoves are arched, so when a mirror takes that shape and stands on the floor at 1700 mm tall, the eye reads it for a moment as an opening rather than a surface. What it reflects supports the illusion. A leaner catches the wall opposite, the ceiling line and the light from the window, and returns them at full height. The room appears to continue past the frame. This is why arched leaners are used in narrow hallways and small bedrooms far more often than their size would suggest.
The finish is the second half of the piece. The frame is beaded, and beneath the gold it is gessoed: a traditional chalk ground laid over the timber and worked smooth before any leaf is applied. Gesso is what gives gilding its depth, filling the grain so the metal sits on a flawless surface and picks up light evenly across every bead. The gold leaf is applied by hand over that ground, then softened to a champagne patina. The result is warm and slightly aged rather than bright, and because it is hand-finished, no two frames wear identically.
1700 mm tall, 750 mm wide, 42 mm deep, 14.3 kg. Plain glass. Paulownia wood frame with an MDF backing, D-rings fitted, anti-topple kit included. Paulownia is chosen for exactly this format: a low-density, stable hardwood that keeps a mirror of this height manageable. For the same floor-standing scale in a painted rather than gilded finish, the Hand Crafted Antique Style Leaner Mirror in Cream takes a softer, quieter route.
What the Mirror Includes
- Arched full-length format. 1700 mm tall by 750 mm wide. Head-to-toe reflection for dressing, and an architectural shape that suggests an opening in the wall rather than a panel hung on it.
- Hand-applied gold leaf over gesso. A traditional chalk ground worked smooth beneath the metal, so the leaf sits evenly and every bead catches light. Finished by hand, so each frame differs.
- Softly aged champagne patina. Warm and pale rather than bright yellow gold. The aged finish is what lets the mirror sit in a contemporary room without reading as reproduction antique.
- Beaded frame profile. A run of fine beading around the arch. It is the detail that catches raking light from a window or a lamp and gives the frame texture at close range.
- Anti-topple kit supplied. Included as standard, not an accessory. A mirror of this height must be secured to the wall behind it once positioned.
- Lean it or hang it. D-rings are fitted to the reverse, so the mirror can be wall-mounted instead of floor-standing if the room suits it better.
Why Gold Leaf Over Gesso Looks Different to Gold Paint
Gold paint is pigment suspended in a medium, so it dries to a single flat tone and reflects light in one direction. Leaf behaves like metal because it is metal, beaten thin and laid onto a prepared ground. It picks up light at different intensities across a curved surface, which is why a beaded frame in leaf looks alive along its length while the same profile in paint looks uniform. The gesso underneath is what makes this possible: it fills and levels the timber grain so the leaf has nothing to sink into. Skip that stage and the metal follows every imperfection beneath it.
Where to Lean It and What It Will Do to the Room
In a bedroom leaning against the wall beside a wardrobe, where it replaces a freestanding cheval and takes up less floor. In a narrow hallway opposite the front door, doubling the daylight that comes in with it. In a living room beside a fireplace, where the arch answers the shape of the surround. In a dressing area angled slightly into the room for a truer full-length view. Against panelling or a chimney breast, where the champagne tone lifts a pale scheme without introducing a strong colour.
What to Know Before You Order
- Fit the anti-topple kit. Always. A 1700 mm mirror weighing 14.3 kg can fall forward if knocked, and the glass is unprotected. Secure it to the wall as soon as it is positioned, without exception in homes with children or pets.
- Check the floor and the angle. Leaners rely on friction at the base. Hard floors, particularly polished tile and laminate, allow the foot to slide outward over time. A rug, a felt pad or a shallower lean all help, and the anti-topple fixing remains essential regardless.
- The finish is hand-applied. Depth of gilding, the strength of the patina and the way the leaf breaks over the beading vary from frame to frame and against the photography. This is the character of a hand-finished piece, not a defect.
- Two people to position it. The paulownia frame keeps the weight down, but at 1700 mm the mirror is awkward rather than heavy. Unbox and place it with help, and keep the glass face away from door frames on the way in.
Specifications
Delivery & Returns
Delivery
| Service | Timescale | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 3-5 working days | Free |
| Next working day | Order before 4pm | £5.95 |
UK mainland only. Orders placed on weekends or bank holidays are dispatched the next working day.
We are unable to deliver to Northern Ireland, the Scottish Isles, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Wight, the Isle of Man, or the Isles of Scilly. Full delivery information.
Returns
28-day returns policy. Contact us within 28 days of receipt if you are not happy with your order.
Items must be returned unused and in their original packaging. Our UK-based team will guide you through the process. Full returns information.
FAQs
Arched Gold Leaner Mirror MR527G: Questions Answered
It is included as standard, and yes. A mirror standing 1700 mm tall with an unprotected glass face can fall forward if it is knocked or if the base slides. Fit the kit to the wall behind the mirror as soon as you have decided on its position. In a home with children or pets this is not a precaution to weigh up, it is a requirement.
Yes. D-rings are fitted to the reverse for one-way hanging. Wall mounting suits rooms where floor space is tight or where a leaner would block a walkway. At 14.3 kg, use fixings rated for the load: wall plugs and screws into masonry, or hollow-wall anchors or a stud fixing on plasterboard.
Gesso is a chalk-based ground laid over the timber and worked smooth before gilding. It fills the grain so the gold leaf has a flawless surface to sit on. Without it the metal follows every mark in the wood beneath. It is the reason a gessoed and gilded frame has depth where a painted one has only colour.
Gold leaf, applied by hand over the gesso ground, then softened to an aged champagne patina. Because it is metal rather than pigment it reflects light at varying intensities across the beading, which is what gives the frame its movement as you walk past it.
Considerably softer. Champagne is a pale, warm tone with the patina taken back, so it reads closer to antique brass than to bright yellow gilt. That restraint is what allows the mirror to work in a plain contemporary bedroom as comfortably as in a period room.
Leaners rely on friction where the base meets the floor, and polished tile, laminate and sealed boards all offer less of it than carpet. A rug underneath, felt pads on the foot, or a slightly shallower lean will all help. None of them replaces the anti-topple fixing.
Because the format demands it. Paulownia is a low-density hardwood that stays dimensionally stable, which keeps a 1700 mm frame down to 14.3 kg. A comparable mirror in a denser timber would be considerably heavier to move and would put far more load on a wall fixing.
No. The gilding is applied and aged by hand, so the depth of the leaf, the strength of the patina and the way the finish breaks over the beading differ from piece to piece and from the photography. That variation is what distinguishes a hand-finished frame from a sprayed one.
Warm metals rather than cool: brass, antique brass and bronze all sit comfortably with champagne gilding, while chrome and nickel tend to argue with it. Pale walls give the frame the contrast it needs. To carry the same warm metallic note at a smaller scale elsewhere in the room, the Simplistic Round Wall Mirror in Gold keeps the tone in a slim contemporary frame.
Dimensions: 1700 mm (H) x 750 mm (W) x 42 mm (D). Shape: arched. Frame: paulownia wood, gessoed with hand-applied gold leaf in an aged champagne patina. Glass: plain, no bevel. Materials: paulownia wood, glass, MDF. Type: leaner, with D-rings for optional wall hanging. Anti-topple kit: included. Weight: 14.3 kg.
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Full-Length Light in a Small Room
Lean it where it can catch a window, not a blank wall, and the daylight it returns will do more for the room than the reflection does. Keep the wall behind it pale so the champagne gilding has something to lift against, and secure the anti-topple fixing before you style anything around it. For more on warm, light-led schemes:
Large Full Length Antique Gold Leaner Mirror
Overview
Description
Specifications
Delivery & Returns
FAQs
Knowledge Hub
A Full-Length Arched Mirror in Hand-Gilded Champagne Gold
A 1700 mm arched leaner mirror with a beaded frame, gessoed and finished in hand-applied gold leaf with a softly aged champagne patina. The arch reads as an opening rather than a panel, and at full height it returns the wall opposite along with the light from the window. 1700 mm tall, 750 mm wide, 42 mm deep, 14.3 kg. Paulownia wood, glass and MDF. Plain glass. D-rings fitted and an anti-topple kit included, so it can lean or hang.
What Makes This Mirror Worth Leaning
- It borrows from architecture: Arches belong to doorways and windows. At floor level and 1700 mm tall, the shape suggests the room carries on past the frame.
- It is gilded, not painted: Hand-applied gold leaf over a gesso ground. Real metal catches light across the beading in a way flat gold paint cannot.
- It reads warm rather than bright: The champagne patina is softly aged, so the frame suits contemporary rooms as readily as traditional ones.
- It works full length: 750 mm wide at 1700 mm tall gives a genuine head-to-toe reflection, replacing a cheval without the floor space one demands.
- It leans or hangs: D-rings fitted to the reverse. Floor-standing in most rooms, wall-mounted where floor space is tight.
- It ships with an anti-topple kit: Included as standard. Securing a mirror of this height to the wall behind it is not optional.
Where to Lean It and What It Will Do to the Room
Beside a wardrobe in a bedroom, in place of a cheval. Opposite the front door in a narrow hallway, doubling the daylight. Beside a fireplace where the arch answers the surround. Angled slightly into a dressing area for a truer view. For warm, pale bedroom schemes where a champagne frame settles in naturally, our neutral beige bedroom guide covers the layering.
Why an Arched Mirror Suits Hallways and Small Bedrooms
An arch is architecture before it is decoration. Doorways, windows and alcoves are arched, so when a mirror takes that shape and stands on the floor at 1700 mm tall, the eye reads it for a moment as an opening rather than a surface. What it reflects supports the illusion. A leaner catches the wall opposite, the ceiling line and the light from the window, and returns them at full height. The room appears to continue past the frame. This is why arched leaners are used in narrow hallways and small bedrooms far more often than their size would suggest.
The finish is the second half of the piece. The frame is beaded, and beneath the gold it is gessoed: a traditional chalk ground laid over the timber and worked smooth before any leaf is applied. Gesso is what gives gilding its depth, filling the grain so the metal sits on a flawless surface and picks up light evenly across every bead. The gold leaf is applied by hand over that ground, then softened to a champagne patina. The result is warm and slightly aged rather than bright, and because it is hand-finished, no two frames wear identically.
1700 mm tall, 750 mm wide, 42 mm deep, 14.3 kg. Plain glass. Paulownia wood frame with an MDF backing, D-rings fitted, anti-topple kit included. Paulownia is chosen for exactly this format: a low-density, stable hardwood that keeps a mirror of this height manageable. For the same floor-standing scale in a painted rather than gilded finish, the Hand Crafted Antique Style Leaner Mirror in Cream takes a softer, quieter route.
What the Mirror Includes
- Arched full-length format. 1700 mm tall by 750 mm wide. Head-to-toe reflection for dressing, and an architectural shape that suggests an opening in the wall rather than a panel hung on it.
- Hand-applied gold leaf over gesso. A traditional chalk ground worked smooth beneath the metal, so the leaf sits evenly and every bead catches light. Finished by hand, so each frame differs.
- Softly aged champagne patina. Warm and pale rather than bright yellow gold. The aged finish is what lets the mirror sit in a contemporary room without reading as reproduction antique.
- Beaded frame profile. A run of fine beading around the arch. It is the detail that catches raking light from a window or a lamp and gives the frame texture at close range.
- Anti-topple kit supplied. Included as standard, not an accessory. A mirror of this height must be secured to the wall behind it once positioned.
- Lean it or hang it. D-rings are fitted to the reverse, so the mirror can be wall-mounted instead of floor-standing if the room suits it better.
Why Gold Leaf Over Gesso Looks Different to Gold Paint
Gold paint is pigment suspended in a medium, so it dries to a single flat tone and reflects light in one direction. Leaf behaves like metal because it is metal, beaten thin and laid onto a prepared ground. It picks up light at different intensities across a curved surface, which is why a beaded frame in leaf looks alive along its length while the same profile in paint looks uniform. The gesso underneath is what makes this possible: it fills and levels the timber grain so the leaf has nothing to sink into. Skip that stage and the metal follows every imperfection beneath it.
Where to Lean It and What It Will Do to the Room
In a bedroom leaning against the wall beside a wardrobe, where it replaces a freestanding cheval and takes up less floor. In a narrow hallway opposite the front door, doubling the daylight that comes in with it. In a living room beside a fireplace, where the arch answers the shape of the surround. In a dressing area angled slightly into the room for a truer full-length view. Against panelling or a chimney breast, where the champagne tone lifts a pale scheme without introducing a strong colour.
What to Know Before You Order
- Fit the anti-topple kit. Always. A 1700 mm mirror weighing 14.3 kg can fall forward if knocked, and the glass is unprotected. Secure it to the wall as soon as it is positioned, without exception in homes with children or pets.
- Check the floor and the angle. Leaners rely on friction at the base. Hard floors, particularly polished tile and laminate, allow the foot to slide outward over time. A rug, a felt pad or a shallower lean all help, and the anti-topple fixing remains essential regardless.
- The finish is hand-applied. Depth of gilding, the strength of the patina and the way the leaf breaks over the beading vary from frame to frame and against the photography. This is the character of a hand-finished piece, not a defect.
- Two people to position it. The paulownia frame keeps the weight down, but at 1700 mm the mirror is awkward rather than heavy. Unbox and place it with help, and keep the glass face away from door frames on the way in.
Delivery
| Service | Timescale | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 3-5 working days | Free |
| Next working day | Order before 4pm | £5.95 |
UK mainland only. Orders placed on weekends or bank holidays are dispatched the next working day.
We are unable to deliver to Northern Ireland, the Scottish Isles, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Wight, the Isle of Man, or the Isles of Scilly. Full delivery information.
Returns
28-day returns policy. Contact us within 28 days of receipt if you are not happy with your order.
Items must be returned unused and in their original packaging. Our UK-based team will guide you through the process. Full returns information.
Arched Gold Leaner Mirror MR527G: Questions Answered
It is included as standard, and yes. A mirror standing 1700 mm tall with an unprotected glass face can fall forward if it is knocked or if the base slides. Fit the kit to the wall behind the mirror as soon as you have decided on its position. In a home with children or pets this is not a precaution to weigh up, it is a requirement.
Yes. D-rings are fitted to the reverse for one-way hanging. Wall mounting suits rooms where floor space is tight or where a leaner would block a walkway. At 14.3 kg, use fixings rated for the load: wall plugs and screws into masonry, or hollow-wall anchors or a stud fixing on plasterboard.
Gesso is a chalk-based ground laid over the timber and worked smooth before gilding. It fills the grain so the gold leaf has a flawless surface to sit on. Without it the metal follows every mark in the wood beneath. It is the reason a gessoed and gilded frame has depth where a painted one has only colour.
Gold leaf, applied by hand over the gesso ground, then softened to an aged champagne patina. Because it is metal rather than pigment it reflects light at varying intensities across the beading, which is what gives the frame its movement as you walk past it.
Considerably softer. Champagne is a pale, warm tone with the patina taken back, so it reads closer to antique brass than to bright yellow gilt. That restraint is what allows the mirror to work in a plain contemporary bedroom as comfortably as in a period room.
Leaners rely on friction where the base meets the floor, and polished tile, laminate and sealed boards all offer less of it than carpet. A rug underneath, felt pads on the foot, or a slightly shallower lean will all help. None of them replaces the anti-topple fixing.
Because the format demands it. Paulownia is a low-density hardwood that stays dimensionally stable, which keeps a 1700 mm frame down to 14.3 kg. A comparable mirror in a denser timber would be considerably heavier to move and would put far more load on a wall fixing.
No. The gilding is applied and aged by hand, so the depth of the leaf, the strength of the patina and the way the finish breaks over the beading differ from piece to piece and from the photography. That variation is what distinguishes a hand-finished frame from a sprayed one.
Warm metals rather than cool: brass, antique brass and bronze all sit comfortably with champagne gilding, while chrome and nickel tend to argue with it. Pale walls give the frame the contrast it needs. To carry the same warm metallic note at a smaller scale elsewhere in the room, the Simplistic Round Wall Mirror in Gold keeps the tone in a slim contemporary frame.
Dimensions: 1700 mm (H) x 750 mm (W) x 42 mm (D). Shape: arched. Frame: paulownia wood, gessoed with hand-applied gold leaf in an aged champagne patina. Glass: plain, no bevel. Materials: paulownia wood, glass, MDF. Type: leaner, with D-rings for optional wall hanging. Anti-topple kit: included. Weight: 14.3 kg.
Full-Length Light in a Small Room
Lean it where it can catch a window, not a blank wall, and the daylight it returns will do more for the room than the reflection does. Keep the wall behind it pale so the champagne gilding has something to lift against, and secure the anti-topple fixing before you style anything around it. For more on warm, light-led schemes:
Overview
A Full-Length Arched Mirror in Hand-Gilded Champagne Gold
A 1700 mm arched leaner mirror with a beaded frame, gessoed and finished in hand-applied gold leaf with a softly aged champagne patina. The arch reads as an opening rather than a panel, and at full height it returns the wall opposite along with the light from the window. 1700 mm tall, 750 mm wide, 42 mm deep, 14.3 kg. Paulownia wood, glass and MDF. Plain glass. D-rings fitted and an anti-topple kit included, so it can lean or hang.
What Makes This Mirror Worth Leaning
- It borrows from architecture: Arches belong to doorways and windows. At floor level and 1700 mm tall, the shape suggests the room carries on past the frame.
- It is gilded, not painted: Hand-applied gold leaf over a gesso ground. Real metal catches light across the beading in a way flat gold paint cannot.
- It reads warm rather than bright: The champagne patina is softly aged, so the frame suits contemporary rooms as readily as traditional ones.
- It works full length: 750 mm wide at 1700 mm tall gives a genuine head-to-toe reflection, replacing a cheval without the floor space one demands.
- It leans or hangs: D-rings fitted to the reverse. Floor-standing in most rooms, wall-mounted where floor space is tight.
- It ships with an anti-topple kit: Included as standard. Securing a mirror of this height to the wall behind it is not optional.
Where to Lean It and What It Will Do to the Room
Beside a wardrobe in a bedroom, in place of a cheval. Opposite the front door in a narrow hallway, doubling the daylight. Beside a fireplace where the arch answers the surround. Angled slightly into a dressing area for a truer view. For warm, pale bedroom schemes where a champagne frame settles in naturally, our neutral beige bedroom guide covers the layering.
Description
Why an Arched Mirror Suits Hallways and Small Bedrooms
An arch is architecture before it is decoration. Doorways, windows and alcoves are arched, so when a mirror takes that shape and stands on the floor at 1700 mm tall, the eye reads it for a moment as an opening rather than a surface. What it reflects supports the illusion. A leaner catches the wall opposite, the ceiling line and the light from the window, and returns them at full height. The room appears to continue past the frame. This is why arched leaners are used in narrow hallways and small bedrooms far more often than their size would suggest.
The finish is the second half of the piece. The frame is beaded, and beneath the gold it is gessoed: a traditional chalk ground laid over the timber and worked smooth before any leaf is applied. Gesso is what gives gilding its depth, filling the grain so the metal sits on a flawless surface and picks up light evenly across every bead. The gold leaf is applied by hand over that ground, then softened to a champagne patina. The result is warm and slightly aged rather than bright, and because it is hand-finished, no two frames wear identically.
1700 mm tall, 750 mm wide, 42 mm deep, 14.3 kg. Plain glass. Paulownia wood frame with an MDF backing, D-rings fitted, anti-topple kit included. Paulownia is chosen for exactly this format: a low-density, stable hardwood that keeps a mirror of this height manageable. For the same floor-standing scale in a painted rather than gilded finish, the Hand Crafted Antique Style Leaner Mirror in Cream takes a softer, quieter route.
What the Mirror Includes
- Arched full-length format. 1700 mm tall by 750 mm wide. Head-to-toe reflection for dressing, and an architectural shape that suggests an opening in the wall rather than a panel hung on it.
- Hand-applied gold leaf over gesso. A traditional chalk ground worked smooth beneath the metal, so the leaf sits evenly and every bead catches light. Finished by hand, so each frame differs.
- Softly aged champagne patina. Warm and pale rather than bright yellow gold. The aged finish is what lets the mirror sit in a contemporary room without reading as reproduction antique.
- Beaded frame profile. A run of fine beading around the arch. It is the detail that catches raking light from a window or a lamp and gives the frame texture at close range.
- Anti-topple kit supplied. Included as standard, not an accessory. A mirror of this height must be secured to the wall behind it once positioned.
- Lean it or hang it. D-rings are fitted to the reverse, so the mirror can be wall-mounted instead of floor-standing if the room suits it better.
Why Gold Leaf Over Gesso Looks Different to Gold Paint
Gold paint is pigment suspended in a medium, so it dries to a single flat tone and reflects light in one direction. Leaf behaves like metal because it is metal, beaten thin and laid onto a prepared ground. It picks up light at different intensities across a curved surface, which is why a beaded frame in leaf looks alive along its length while the same profile in paint looks uniform. The gesso underneath is what makes this possible: it fills and levels the timber grain so the leaf has nothing to sink into. Skip that stage and the metal follows every imperfection beneath it.
Where to Lean It and What It Will Do to the Room
In a bedroom leaning against the wall beside a wardrobe, where it replaces a freestanding cheval and takes up less floor. In a narrow hallway opposite the front door, doubling the daylight that comes in with it. In a living room beside a fireplace, where the arch answers the shape of the surround. In a dressing area angled slightly into the room for a truer full-length view. Against panelling or a chimney breast, where the champagne tone lifts a pale scheme without introducing a strong colour.
What to Know Before You Order
- Fit the anti-topple kit. Always. A 1700 mm mirror weighing 14.3 kg can fall forward if knocked, and the glass is unprotected. Secure it to the wall as soon as it is positioned, without exception in homes with children or pets.
- Check the floor and the angle. Leaners rely on friction at the base. Hard floors, particularly polished tile and laminate, allow the foot to slide outward over time. A rug, a felt pad or a shallower lean all help, and the anti-topple fixing remains essential regardless.
- The finish is hand-applied. Depth of gilding, the strength of the patina and the way the leaf breaks over the beading vary from frame to frame and against the photography. This is the character of a hand-finished piece, not a defect.
- Two people to position it. The paulownia frame keeps the weight down, but at 1700 mm the mirror is awkward rather than heavy. Unbox and place it with help, and keep the glass face away from door frames on the way in.
Specifications
Delivery & Returns
Delivery
| Service | Timescale | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 3-5 working days | Free |
| Next working day | Order before 4pm | £5.95 |
UK mainland only. Orders placed on weekends or bank holidays are dispatched the next working day.
We are unable to deliver to Northern Ireland, the Scottish Isles, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Wight, the Isle of Man, or the Isles of Scilly. Full delivery information.
Returns
28-day returns policy. Contact us within 28 days of receipt if you are not happy with your order.
Items must be returned unused and in their original packaging. Our UK-based team will guide you through the process. Full returns information.
FAQs
Arched Gold Leaner Mirror MR527G: Questions Answered
It is included as standard, and yes. A mirror standing 1700 mm tall with an unprotected glass face can fall forward if it is knocked or if the base slides. Fit the kit to the wall behind the mirror as soon as you have decided on its position. In a home with children or pets this is not a precaution to weigh up, it is a requirement.
Yes. D-rings are fitted to the reverse for one-way hanging. Wall mounting suits rooms where floor space is tight or where a leaner would block a walkway. At 14.3 kg, use fixings rated for the load: wall plugs and screws into masonry, or hollow-wall anchors or a stud fixing on plasterboard.
Gesso is a chalk-based ground laid over the timber and worked smooth before gilding. It fills the grain so the gold leaf has a flawless surface to sit on. Without it the metal follows every mark in the wood beneath. It is the reason a gessoed and gilded frame has depth where a painted one has only colour.
Gold leaf, applied by hand over the gesso ground, then softened to an aged champagne patina. Because it is metal rather than pigment it reflects light at varying intensities across the beading, which is what gives the frame its movement as you walk past it.
Considerably softer. Champagne is a pale, warm tone with the patina taken back, so it reads closer to antique brass than to bright yellow gilt. That restraint is what allows the mirror to work in a plain contemporary bedroom as comfortably as in a period room.
Leaners rely on friction where the base meets the floor, and polished tile, laminate and sealed boards all offer less of it than carpet. A rug underneath, felt pads on the foot, or a slightly shallower lean will all help. None of them replaces the anti-topple fixing.
Because the format demands it. Paulownia is a low-density hardwood that stays dimensionally stable, which keeps a 1700 mm frame down to 14.3 kg. A comparable mirror in a denser timber would be considerably heavier to move and would put far more load on a wall fixing.
No. The gilding is applied and aged by hand, so the depth of the leaf, the strength of the patina and the way the finish breaks over the beading differ from piece to piece and from the photography. That variation is what distinguishes a hand-finished frame from a sprayed one.
Warm metals rather than cool: brass, antique brass and bronze all sit comfortably with champagne gilding, while chrome and nickel tend to argue with it. Pale walls give the frame the contrast it needs. To carry the same warm metallic note at a smaller scale elsewhere in the room, the Simplistic Round Wall Mirror in Gold keeps the tone in a slim contemporary frame.
Dimensions: 1700 mm (H) x 750 mm (W) x 42 mm (D). Shape: arched. Frame: paulownia wood, gessoed with hand-applied gold leaf in an aged champagne patina. Glass: plain, no bevel. Materials: paulownia wood, glass, MDF. Type: leaner, with D-rings for optional wall hanging. Anti-topple kit: included. Weight: 14.3 kg.
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Lean it where it can catch a window, not a blank wall, and the daylight it returns will do more for the room than the reflection does. Keep the wall behind it pale so the champagne gilding has something to lift against, and secure the anti-topple fixing before you style anything around it. For more on warm, light-led schemes:
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