Here, they created a clear glass called "cristallo," which was a huge step in the evolution of the mirror because it offered the best reflection yet. Venetian mirrors consisted of four layers ...

They have been around so long, they’ve withstood the vagaries of fashion. Hang a Venetian mirror over a window à la Miles Redd or on a subway tile backsplash: the key for a modern take is ...

Greeks and Romans loved their mirrors, too, and the wealthy could afford to have theirs plated in silver. Example of a Venetian Mirror (Credit: Margarita R. Padilla/Shutterstock) By the 1st century ...

Japanese manga characters replace traditional images of angels in this kitsch reimagining of traditional Venetian mirrors by designers Giada Fiorindi and Federico Floriani. They created a series ...

Ironically, not long afterward, France outlawed the importation of Venetian mirrors! The next major development came 170 years later when Justus Von Leibig (mean kids called him JV Lil’ Big ...