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Mirror 1K
Modern Day Églomisé
Églomisé, the centuries-old craft of gilding and reverse-painting behind glass, has always been about transforming a sheet of glass into something luminous, reflective, and quietly theatrical. Mirror 1K carries that lineage into the modern studio. A hand-spray applied, industrial-grade reflective coating, it pairs the soul of antique mercury glass with the precision of contemporary chemistry: warranted for interior or exterior, wet or dry environments, and engineered to perform on architectural-scale panels.
Features
- +Hand-spray applied, mixed-tech ready
- +Interior & exterior, wet or dry
- +Antique Gold, Black & Copper finishes
- +Manufacturer warranted
Lead time
4-8 weeks · scope dependent
Coverage
United States · all 50 states
Mirror 1K · Antique Mirror
The complete
Mirror 1K & Antique Mirror library.
Twenty-eight distinct Mirror 1K and Antique Mirror combinations, grouped into Free Standing (FS) light-passing antique effects and Wall Cladding (WC) sealed mirror assemblies. Each variant carries its own ADG reference code for specification and reorder.
Free Standing Applications (FS)
Free Standing · light-passing- 29FS
Black Antique Effect | Transparent Color
placeholderHand-spray black antique effect over transparent low-iron glass. Mottled, smoky, light-passing, a distressed mercury patina without backing.
Mirror 1KFree Standing · light-passingBase #2a2520ADG 29 - 30FS
Copper Antique Effect | Transparent Color
placeholderCopper-toned antique effect over transparent glass. Warm aged patina light-passes from both faces, oxidised copper with mercury-glass character.
Mirror 1KFree Standing · light-passingBase #a05a28ADG 30 - 31FS
Gold Antique Effect | Transparent Color
placeholderGold antique effect over transparent glass. Distressed gilding with light passing through the patina, luminous, theatrical, églomisé in spirit.
Mirror 1KFree Standing · light-passingBase #c69050ADG 31 - 161FS
Black Antique Effect | Copper Metallic
placeholderBlack antique patina laid over a Copper Metallic substrate. Warm copper ground reads through smoky distressed silvering, bi-tonal and dimensional.
Mirror 1KFree Standing · light-passingBase #6a3a20ADG 161 - 162FS
Black Antique Effect | Silver Metallic
placeholderBlack antique patina over Silver Metallic. Cool silver ground caught beneath a smoky veil, pewter-dark with mercury-glass mottle.
Mirror 1KFree Standing · light-passingBase #3a3a3aADG 162 - 163FS
Black Antique Effect | Gold Metallic
placeholderBlack antique patina over Gold Metallic. Bullion ground reads through distressed black silvering, moody, gilded, theatrical.
Mirror 1KFree Standing · light-passingBase #5a4520ADG 163 - 237FS
Copper Antique Effect | Copper Metallic
placeholderCopper antique patina over Copper Metallic. Monochromatic copper-on-copper, deeply warm, tonally unified, layered patina.
Mirror 1KFree Standing · light-passingBase #a05a28ADG 237 - 238FS
Copper Antique Effect | Silver Metallic
placeholderCopper antique patina over Silver Metallic. Warm aged copper drifting across a cool silver ground, bi-tonal and jewel-like.
Mirror 1KFree Standing · light-passingBase #9a6a48ADG 238 - 239FS
Copper Antique Effect | Gold Metallic
placeholderCopper antique patina over Gold Metallic. Two warm metals layered, copper distress reading across a gilded ground.
Mirror 1KFree Standing · light-passingBase #a86a2aADG 239 - 240FS
Gold Antique Effect | Copper Metallic
placeholderGold antique patina over Copper Metallic. Gilded mottle catches over a warm copper field, refined, opulent, hand-distressed.
Mirror 1KFree Standing · light-passingBase #b8762aADG 240 - 241FS
Gold Antique Effect | Silver Metallic
placeholderGold antique patina over Silver Metallic. Bullion distress reads against a cool silver ground, bi-tonal and theatrical.
Mirror 1KFree Standing · light-passingBase #b89856ADG 241 - 242FS
Gold Antique Effect | Gold Metallic
placeholderGold antique patina over Gold Metallic. Monochromatic gold-on-gold, the most opulent reading in the FS antique family.
Mirror 1KFree Standing · light-passingBase #c89a45ADG 242
Wall Cladding Applications (WC)
Wall Cladding · opaque backing coat- 17WC
Mirror Finish
placeholderHand-spray applied Mirror 1K reflective coating, sealed against an opaque backing. Architectural-grade silvered plane, wet/dry, interior/exterior warranted.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #dcdcdcADG 17 - 25WC
Mirror Finish | Transparent Color
placeholderTransparent tinted glass over a full Mirror 1K back. Color, light and reflection stack into one luminous sealed plane for wall cladding.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #b8a888ADG 25 - 26WC
Black Antique Mirror
placeholderHand-distressed black antique silvering sealed for wall cladding. Smoky, mottled, with the patina of period mercury glass.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #2e2a26ADG 26 - 27WC
Copper Antique Mirror
placeholderHand-distressed copper antique silvering, sealed for wall cladding. Warm aged copper patina with mercury-glass character.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #a05a28ADG 27 - 28WC
Gold Antique Mirror
placeholderHand-distressed gold antique silvering, sealed for wall cladding. Gilded patina reading as églomisé, theatrical, refined, luminous.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #c69050ADG 28 - 56WC
Copper Glitter Effect | Black Antique Mirror
placeholderBlack antique mirror beneath Copper Glitter top coat, sealed for wall cladding. Patina catches warm copper sparkle.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #5a3a20ADG 56 - 57WC
Gold Glitter Effect | Black Antique Mirror
placeholderBlack antique mirror beneath Gold Glitter top coat. Smoky patina lit by gold sparkle like candlelight on aged silver.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #3a2a10ADG 57 - 58WC
Silver Glitter Effect | Black Antique Mirror
placeholderBlack antique mirror beneath Silver Glitter. Cool sparkle catching across a smoky distressed patina.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #3a3a3aADG 58 - 59WC
Rainbow Glitter Effect | Black Antique Mirror
placeholderBlack antique mirror beneath Rainbow Glitter. Iridescent flake throws color across smoky patina, vintage meets prismatic.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #2e2a36ADG 59 - 60WC
Copper Glitter Effect | Copper Antique Mirror
placeholderCopper antique mirror with Copper Glitter overlay. Monochromatic, rich, deeply warm, tonal copper-on-copper across two layers.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #a05a28ADG 60 - 61WC
Gold Glitter Effect | Copper Antique Mirror
placeholderCopper antique mirror with Gold Glitter overlay. Two warm metals layered into a tonally rich patinated field.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #a86a2aADG 61 - 62WC
Silver Glitter Effect | Copper Antique Mirror
placeholderCopper antique mirror with Silver Glitter overlay. Warm patina ground, cool flake, deliberately tense, jewel-like contrast.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #9a6a48ADG 62 - 63WC
Rainbow Glitter Effect | Copper Antique Mirror
placeholderCopper antique mirror with Rainbow Glitter overlay. Warm aged ground with prismatic flake, vintage character meets dimensional shimmer.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #9a6a48ADG 63 - 64WC
Copper Glitter Effect | Gold Antique Mirror
placeholderGold antique mirror with Copper Glitter overlay. Reads warmer than gold alone, refined mix of yellow gold and copper.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #c69050ADG 64 - 65WC
Gold Glitter Effect | Gold Antique Mirror
placeholderGold antique mirror with Gold Glitter overlay. Monochromatic gold-on-gold, the most opulent reading in the antique mirror family.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #c89a45ADG 65 - 66WC
Silver Glitter Effect | Gold Antique Mirror
placeholderGold antique mirror with Silver Glitter overlay. Warm bullion ground reading through a veil of cool sparkle, refined, bi-tonal.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #b89856ADG 66 - 67WC
Rainbow Glitter Effect | Gold Antique Mirror
placeholderGold antique mirror with Rainbow Glitter overlay. Bullion ground reading through a veil of spectral sparkle, refined, unexpected.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #b89856ADG 67 - 161-BWC
Black Antique Mirror Effect | Copper Metallic | Black Backing
placeholderBlack antique mirror over Copper Metallic, sealed against opaque black. Warm ground reads through smoky patina, weighted, regal, dimensional.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #6a3a20ADG 161-B - 162-BWC
Black Antique Mirror Effect | Silver Metallic | Black Backing
placeholderBlack antique mirror over Silver Metallic, sealed against opaque black. Pewter-cool patina with mercury-glass character.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #3a3a3aADG 162-B - 163-BWC
Black Antique Mirror Effect | Gold Metallic | Black Backing
placeholderBlack antique mirror over Gold Metallic, sealed against opaque black. Bullion ground reads through smoky distressed silvering, moody, gilded.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #5a4520ADG 163-B - 237-BWC
Copper Antique Mirror Effect | Copper Metallic | Black Backing
placeholderCopper antique mirror over Copper Metallic, sealed black. Monochromatic copper-on-copper, deeply warm, tonally unified, weighted.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #8a4a22ADG 237-B - 238-BWC
Copper Antique Mirror Effect | Silver Metallic | Black Backing
placeholderCopper antique mirror over Silver Metallic, sealed black. Warm patina drifting across a cool ground, jewel-like and bi-tonal.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #8a6a48ADG 238-B - 239-BWC
Copper Antique Mirror Effect | Gold Metallic | Black Backing
placeholderCopper antique mirror over Gold Metallic, sealed black. Two warm metals layered against shadow, patinated and deeply gilded.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #9a6a2aADG 239-B - 240-BWC
Gold Antique Mirror Effect | Copper Metallic | Black Backing
placeholderGold antique mirror over Copper Metallic, sealed black. Gilded mottle catches over a warm copper field, refined, opulent, hand-distressed.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #a8762aADG 240-B - 241-BWC
Gold Antique Mirror Effect | Silver Metallic | Black Backing
placeholderGold antique mirror over Silver Metallic, sealed black. Bullion distress reads against a cool silver ground, bi-tonal, theatrical.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #a88856ADG 241-B - 242-BWC
Gold Antique Mirror Effect | Gold Metallic | Black Backing
placeholderGold antique mirror over Gold Metallic, sealed black. Monochromatic gold-on-gold against shadow, the most opulent WC reading.
Mirror 1KWall Cladding · opaque backing coatBase #b89a45ADG 242-B
FS variants are antique-effect coatings that allow light to pass through the substrate; WC variants are full mirror or antique mirror finishes sealed against an opaque backing coat for wall installation. Spheres are placeholder previews, photogrammetric PBR swatches roll into this library as ADG completes the Mirror 1K capture pipeline.
Mirror 1K / The Opportunity
Mirror has never had this much to say.
For as long as decorative mirror has existed in architecture and interiors, it has meant one thing: antique. The smoky, distressed, hand-patinated surface that defines a period room, a boutique hotel bar, a classic powder room. It is beautiful. It is also the only option anyone has ever been able to offer. Mirror 1K ends that limitation, not by replacing antique mirror (the library above proves that ADG does antique mirror as well as anyone) but opens access to every other technology beside it. Custom color-matched mirror. Digitally printed mirror. Wet-area certified mirror for shower walls and spa surfaces. Mirror combined with Creative Resins special effects that shift color with the light, hold metallic depth, or carry a ceramic frit print through the reflective plane. 95–98% reflectivity on fully tempered safety glass, indistinguishable from conventional silvering. The combinations are unlimited. Where antique mirror ends and a new era for Verre Églomisé begins.
Any color. Exactly matched.
Mirror 1K accepts Creative Resins transparent pigment color matching across 15,000 formulas, Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore, Pantone, RAL, or fully custom. A rose-gold mirror. A smoky navy mirror. A mirror the exact tone of the client's stone selection. Color-matched mirror has never existed as a specifiable architectural product. It does now.
Any artwork. Permanently bonded.
Digital printing and Mirror 1K reflective surface are truly a match made in Heaven. They combine into a single panel where the art background is enhanced by reflection. A custom botanical. A client's own drawing. A pattern developed with ADG Studio. The printed mirror wall. Modern day églomisé at architectural scale.
In the shower. Finally.
Mirror 1K is applied to fully tempered safety glass and wet-area certified. Every Mirror 1K combination, color-matched, printed, special effect can go inside a shower enclosure in full compliance with building codes. Your clients have asked for this. The answer used to be a compromise. Now it is not.
Special effects on a reflective base.
The full Creative Resins special effects system, iridescent pigments that shift color with the viewing angle, metallics that add warmth and depth, pearlescent coats that catch light differently at every hour, applied over or layered with Mirror 1K. The PBR library when done will show what these finishes look like. Now a mirror has more to do than simply reflect.
95–98% reflectivity. Fully tempered. Wet-area certified. Custom color-matched. Digitally printable. Special effects capable. This is not a category extension. This is a new material.
Specification
What you can now specify
Specify the combination. ADG Studio develops the art files, matches the color, coordinates the ceramic frit print, and delivers production-ready documentation. The ADG Visualizer lets you upload your project space and render any Mirror 1K combination into it before a single panel is cut. You can download the Rendered scene, create a quote or project estimate, get a PDF spec sheet on the glass made in the Designer and more, there is always ADG standing-by to assist any project specific questions. Please visit our Resources page for more information.
Process
How ADG makes it happen
ADG Studio develops the art files, matches the color, coordinates the digital print, and delivers production-ready documentation. The ADG Visualizer lets you upload your project space and render any Mirror 1K combination into it before a single panel is cut. Order a physical sample of any variant from the library above. The PBR swatches for every combination are in development and at some point will be available for download directly from the libraries. They do currently carry a price PSF and can be used to generate a quote and do project estimating. All can be ordered as physical samples.
PBR swatches ready to render
Our goal is for every Mirror 1K variant has a PBR digital swatch for BMIObject, Revit, Enscape, Lumion, V-Ray, and any other PBR-compatible renderer. It's an ambitious project but go ahead an choose from the above, combinations, we'll know how to make the sample.
See it in your project
Upload a photo of your space. Apply any Mirror 1K combination using the ADG Visualizer. See the reflection and the light in your actual room before you specify.
Develop something custom
ADG Studio works from your concept to a physical sample to production-ready art files. No brief is too specific.
Curated Art Library
A royalty-free library, ready to print.
Pair any pattern from the Library with Mirror 1K for a truly modern take on the decorative églomisé tradition. Print your artwork first and back-paint with the Mirror 1K finish, or lay down an Antique Solution of your color choice, Black, Gold, or Copper and follow with the mirror coat for a layered, weathered glow. The combinations are effectively infinite: every pattern, every antique patina, every level of opacity, custom designed for your project.

Category
All Over
Seamless repeating patterns across the full panel.

Category
Full Panel
Single composed designs sized to the panel.

Category
Frames & Borders
Decorative perimeters around clear or frosted fields.

Category
Central Motif
A focal ornament anchored in negative space.