A monumental folk art mirror from the United States, constructed in richly carved and painted wood with an architectural sense of scale. Likely dating from the 1920s to 1940s, the frame brims with vernacular charm and outsider ingenuity — a singular piece of decorative craft that blurs the line between furniture and sculpture.
The oversized frame features layered fretwork, hand-notched corners, geometric cutouts and a canopy-like crest, all rendered in warm red-brown tones with subtle accents in black and faded blue. The paint is worn and patchy in places, giving it the dry, matte surface of a desert trading post. There’s a totemic quality to the whole, as if it belongs in a pueblo, a saloon, or the dream set of a Jim Jarmusch film.
Too large to ignore, it brings warmth, narrative and a touch of theatricality to any wall — part western Gothic, part folk Baroque.
Dimensions: Height: 170 cm Width: 102 cm Depth: 9 cm
Origin: USA, c. 1920s–40s Maker unknown (folk or outsider artist)
Condition: Structurally sound and mirror glass intact. Wear, paint loss and surface abrasions throughout — all consistent with age and part of its folkloric character.
