Celestial Mirror

A commanding presence at fifty-six and a half inches square, the Celestial Mirror by John Richard resolves the tension between weight and luminosity with rare authority. Its nickel finish moves across brass, steel, and wood with the cool restraint of a well-considered room — neither austere nor ornamental, but precisely calibrated. The glass itself becomes almost secondary to the architecture surrounding it, a frame that earns its depth at four inches and demands to be considered as sculpture in its own right.