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1920s French Art Deco Antique Mirrror
Mirror, Wood
1920s French Art Deco Antique Mirrror
Iron
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Mirrror
Gold Leaf
19th Century Victorian Antique Mirrror
Mirror, Walnut
1880s Arts and Crafts Antique Mirrror
Walnut
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15th Century and Earlier Canadian Antique Mirrror
Other
1970s American Modern Antique Mirrror
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Antique Mirrror
Stainless Steel
1930s British Art Deco Antique Mirrror
Maple
20th Century Chinese Art Deco Antique Mirrror
Glass, Wood
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Antique Mirrror
Wood
19th Century Victorian Antique Mirrror
Glass, Walnut
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Mirrror
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Mid-20th Century Chinese Other Antique Mirrror
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Mirrror
Wood
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Mirrror
Brass
1880s Victorian Antique Mirrror
Crystal
Early 20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Antique Mirrror
Paint
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Mirrror
Mirror, Giltwood
1930s English Art Deco Antique Mirrror
Oak
Early 20th Century Asian Ming Antique Mirrror
Wood
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18th Century and Earlier Portuguese Antique Mirrror
Giltwood
Early 19th Century European Antique Mirrror
Wood
1920s French Antique Mirrror
Mirror
19th Century American Antique Mirrror
Early 20th Century Indian Antique Mirrror
Teak, Bone, Ebony
carved oak frame with new mirror
Early 20th Century Belgian Antique Mirrror
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Mirrror
Wood
19th Century English Antique Mirrror
19th Century Antique Mirrror
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Mirrror
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Mirrror
Wood, Mirror
19th Century Austrian Neoclassical Antique Mirrror
Walnut, Mirror
19th Century Antique Mirrror
19th Century French Antique Mirrror
Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Antique Mirrror
Mirror, Oak, Walnut
19th Century Antique Mirrror
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Mirrror
19th Century Syrian Antique Mirrror
Ivory, Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
19th Century Antique Mirrror
Giltwood
19th Century French Antique Mirrror
Wood, Glass
19th Century Antique Mirrror
19th Century French Antique Mirrror
19th Century French Antique Mirrror
Giltwood, Mercury Glass, Mirror
19th Century English Antique Mirrror
19th Century English Antique Mirrror
Finding the Right mirrors for You
The road from early innovations in reflective glass to the alluring antique and vintage mirrors in trendy modern interiors has been a long one but we’re reminded of the journey everywhere we look.
In many respects, wall mirrors, floor mirrors and full-length mirrors are to interior design what jeans are to dressing. Exceedingly versatile. Universally flattering. Unobtrusively elegant. And while all mirrors are not created equal, even in their most elaborate incarnation, they're still the heavy lifters of interior design, visually enlarging and illuminating any space.
We’ve come a great distance from the polished stone that served as mirrors in Central America thousands of years ago or the copper mirrors of Mesopotamia before that. Today’s coveted glass Venetian mirrors, which should be cleaned with a solution of white vinegar and water, were likely produced in Italy beginning in the 1500s, while antique mirrors originating during the 19th century can add the rustic farmhouse feel to your mudroom that you didn’t know you needed.
By the early 20th century, experiments with various alloys allowed for mirrors to be made inexpensively. The geometric shapes and beveled edges that characterize mirrors crafted in the Art Deco style of the 1920s can bring pizzazz to your entryway, while an ornate LaBarge mirror made in the Hollywood Regency style makes a statement in any bedroom. Friedman Brothers is a particularly popular manufacturer known for decorative round and rectangular framed mirrors designed in the Rococo, Louis XVI and other styles, including dramatic wall mirrors framed in gold faux bamboo that bear the hallmarks of Asian design.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, mid-century modernism continues to influence the design of contemporary mirrors. Today’s simple yet chic mantel mirror frames, for example, often neutral in color, owe to the understated mirror designs introduced in the postwar era.
Sculptor and furniture maker Paul Evans had been making collage-style cabinets since at least the late 1950s when he designed his Patchwork mirror — part of a series that yielded expressive works of combined brass, copper and pewter — for Directional Furniture during the mid-1960s. Several books celebrating Evans’s work were published beginning in the early 2000s, as his unconventional furniture has been enjoying a moment not unlike the resurgence that the Ultrafragola mirror is seeing. Designed by the Memphis Group’s Ettore Sottsass in 1970, the Ultrafragola mirror, in all its sensuous acrylic splendor, has become somewhat of a star thanks to much-lauded appearances in shelter magazines and on social media.
On 1stDibs, we have a broad selection of vintage and antique mirrors and tips on how to style your contemporary mirror too.
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