page_title: Pier glass
section_title: Trumeau mirrors
hierarchical_section_title: Pier glass / Trumeau mirrors
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Amalienburg im Schlosspark Nymphenburg (München): Spiegelsaal
context_page_description: A pier glass or trumeau mirror is a mirror which is placed on a pier, i.e. a wall between two windows supporting an upper structure.
  It is therefore generally of a long and tall shape to fit the space. It may be as a hanging mirror or as mirrored glass affixed flush to the pier, in which case it is sometimes of the same shape and design as the windows themselves. This was a common decorating feature in the reception rooms of classical 18th-century houses.
  A console table typically stood below the pier glass.
context_section_description: A trumeau mirror is a type of wall mirror originally manufactured in France in the later 18th century. It takes its name from the French word trumeau, which designates the space between windows. Such a mirror, usually rectangular, could also hang above an overmantel. A decorative carved or painted scene was the prominent characteristic, and could dominate the actual mirror.
caption: Large 18th-century Rococo pier glass in the Amalienburg Pavilion, Schloss Nymphenburg.
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