French Antique Overmantle Mirror
1840s French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Mirror
19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
19th Century European French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Giltwood
19th Century French Louis XVI French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Giltwood
Early 19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Wood
Early 20th Century Louis XV French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Mirror, Wood
19th Century French Provincial French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Mirror
19th Century French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Mirror
1850s Italian French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Giltwood
Early 1800s French Louis XVI French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Giltwood, Wood
19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Glass, Giltwood
1850s Italian French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Giltwood
19th Century French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Glass
19th Century French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Glass
19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Glass, Giltwood
19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Glass, Giltwood
19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Glass, Giltwood
19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Glass, Giltwood
19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Glass, Giltwood
19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Glass, Giltwood
19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Glass, Giltwood
19th Century French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Glass
19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Glass, Giltwood
19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Glass, Giltwood
19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Glass, Giltwood
1860s French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Glass, Giltwood
Early 20th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Mirror, Wood
19th Century French Louis Philippe French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Giltwood, Mirror
Early 20th Century French Renaissance French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
19th Century French Louis Philippe French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Giltwood, Mirror
19th Century French Louis XV French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Gesso, Giltwood
1920s English Art Deco French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Mirror
19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Glass, Gesso, Wood
1860s French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Rosewood
1840s French Regency Revival French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Giltwood
19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Ormolu
1840s French Early Victorian French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Giltwood
18th Century and Earlier French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
18th Century and Earlier French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Wood, Mirror
19th Century French Louis XVI French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Beech
1920s American Arts and Crafts French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Limestone
19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Mirror, Wood
19th Century French Napoleon III French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Gesso, Wood
19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Late 19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Marble
19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
19th Century French French Provincial French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
Early 20th Century Neoclassical French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Mirror, Walnut
Late 19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Wood
Late 19th Century French Victorian French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Giltwood
19th Century French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Wood, Glass
19th Century French Louis Philippe French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Gesso, Mirror, Paint
18th Century and Earlier French French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Wood
1860s French Antique Overmantle Mirror
1890s Victorian French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Giltwood
1890s French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Glass
19th Century French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Giltwood
1830s William IV French Antique Overmantle Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
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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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