Carved Italian Gilded Gesso Mirror
Antique 1860s Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Fruitwood
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Wood, Gesso
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
Vintage 1950s Italian Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Fruitwood
Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Plaster
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Wood, Glass
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Wood
Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 1880s Italian Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Wood
Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Mirror
Antique 1810s Italian Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Picture Frames
Giltwood
People Also Browsed
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Brass
Antique 19th Century Art Nouveau Table Mirrors
Metal
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Glass, Wood
Early 20th Century Spanish Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Sunburst Mirrors
Wood, Mirror
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique Early 19th Century French Chaise Longues
Walnut
Early 20th Century Renaissance Table Mirrors
Glass, Mirror
Antique Mid-18th Century Dutch Baroque Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Vintage 1940s French Louis XIV Settees
Upholstery, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Settees
Wood
Antique 1750s Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Vintage 1950s Italian Trumeau Mirrors
Gold Leaf
2010s American Dining Room Tables
Oak
Vintage 1940s French Loveseats
Fabric, Hardwood
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Planters and Jardinieres
Marble, Bronze
Recent Sales
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Wood, Gesso
Antique 1680s Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Giltwood
Vintage 1940s Italian Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Gesso
20th Century Italian More Mirrors
Mirror, Gesso
Vintage 1940s Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Wood
Vintage 1930s Italian Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Giltwood, Plaster, Gesso
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
Vintage 1960s Italian Adam Style Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Vintage 1920s Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Softwood, Wood
Vintage 1960s Italian Regency Revival Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Fruitwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Revival Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace M...
Wood, Gesso
Vintage 1940s Italian More Mirrors
Mirror
Early 20th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Antique Mid-19th Century European Rococo Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Belgian Black Marble
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Wood, Gesso, Paint
Vintage 1950s Italian Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Pier Mirrors and Console ...
Gesso, Glass, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Picture Frames
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Picture Frames
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
Wood, Mirror
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Giltwood, Mirror
Vintage 1920s Italian Rococo Revival Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Fruitwood
Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
Antique 1840s Italian Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Glass, Wood, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
Mirror, Gesso, Wood
Vintage 1960s Italian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood, Gesso
Vintage 1940s Italian Wall Mirrors
Wood, Gesso, Mirror
Vintage 1940s Italian Wall Mirrors
Wood, Gesso
Antique 19th Century Italian Chinoiserie Wall Mirrors
Wood, Gesso, Mirror
Early 20th Century Italian More Mirrors
Wood, Gesso
Antique 19th Century Italian Console Tables
Onyx
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Mantel Mirrors and...
Giltwood
Carved Italian Gilded Gesso Mirror For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a Carved Italian Gilded Gesso Mirror?
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.
Read More
20 Artfully Crafted Mirrors to Frame Your Reflection
In "Object Permanence 4," on view at the 1stdibs Gallery, Emma Holland Denvir and Leah Ring have brought together pieces that range from polished to playful.
Unexpected Furniture Pieces Made from Clay
A new generation of creative minds is reinventing the use of clay through sculptural forms and bold ideas.
5 Standout Contemporary Mirrors (and How to Decorate with Them)
Leading talents tell us what goes into their mirrored creations and where to put them on a wall.
12 Rooms with Dramatic, Unexpected Mirrors
These are the fairest of them all.