F.04

The object

What you get

The steel frame. Your glazier cuts and sets the glass to the drawing that ships with it. In Portland and Vancouver we supply the glass and set it ourselves.

Nothing is cut before you approve the drawing. The approved drawing is what both sides are holding.

The shadow is yours to set

The backing is not ours to supply. It only affects looks: every ⅛″ of backing you leave out adds ⅛″ of shadow around the glass.

Where a 24 × 72 goes

Six feet tall and two feet wide is a full-length mirror, and the proportion is deliberate: narrow enough to fit a pier wall or the space beside a wardrobe, tall enough to show a whole person without tilting. It is the piece most often stood on the floor rather than hung, which suits it — leaning throws the reflection slightly upward, which is the flattering angle and the reason dressing mirrors have always leaned. It uses the most steel of the four and is the most expensive for that reason alone.

The section, exactly

Every piece in the collection uses the same member. One leg stands off the wall, the other lies flat against it, and the glass rests down inside the L on the back leg — so the room sees only the ⅛″ edge of the standing leg while the frame stands 1½″ proud of the wall.

Glass, and who cuts it

Glass for the F.04 is cut to 23½ × 71½″ — the frame opening less ¼″ overall, which leaves ⅛″ of clearance on each side. Who supplies it depends on where the piece is going and whether it hangs.

Finish and fabrication

Powder coat, matte black or warm white. Corners are mitered at 45° on a fiber laser, welded by hand and ground flush, so no seam and no weld bead is visible at the joint — which is the whole reason the frame reads as one continuous line of steel rather than four pieces meeting. Cut, welded and finished in Vancouver, Washington.

Made to order, so nothing is stocked and nothing is cut before you approve the drawing. Transit damage and any mismatch with the approved drawing are covered, freight both ways, reported within 48 hours.

Questions

How big is the F.04 frame, and what size glass does it take?

The frame is 24 × 72 inches on the outside. Glass is cut to 23½ × 71½ inches — the opening less ¼ inch overall, ⅛ inch of clearance per side.

Is the F.04 a full-length mirror?

Yes. Six feet tall shows a whole person standing without tilting the frame. It can be hung or leaned; leaned is the more common choice for a dressing mirror, and a floor piece ships complete with the mirror already set.

What does the F.04 weigh?

About 20 pounds of steel — roughly 16 feet of 1½ × 1½ × ⅛ inch hot-rolled angle before glazing. It uses the most angle of the four catalogue sizes. Glazed and over 60 pounds installed, blocking is specified on the drawing.

Does $1,000 include the mirror?

Not as a shipped wall piece — that is frame only, and your glazier sets the glass to the drawing. In Portland and Vancouver we supply and set the glass. As a leaning floor mirror it is complete anywhere, because nothing is hung.

How long does an F.04 take?

Two weeks to ship from drawing approval. Nothing is cut before you approve the drawing.

The other three sizes

Same 1½″ angle, same corners, same finish — only the proportion changes. Price follows the length of steel in the perimeter, which is why the square is the least expensive piece and the six-footer the most. Any size is made to order; these four are the catalogue.

Every dimension, tolerance and finish is on the specification page — the reference to hand a glazier or put in a drawing set.

Order F.04

$1000, frame only. Send your name and a number and we come back inside twenty-four hours with a drawing and a delivered price. Crated and shipped from Vancouver, Washington.