Vintage Gilt Oval Mirror
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Mirror
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Wood
20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Wood, Giltwood
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Wood, Giltwood
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Wood
Mid-20th Century Spanish Hollywood Regency Sunburst Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Vintage 1940s American Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century Belgian Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Glass
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Sunburst Mirrors
Metal, Iron
Vintage 1960s German Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Crystal, Brass
Vintage 1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Sunburst Mirrors
Metal
Vintage 1950s Spanish Art Nouveau Sunburst Mirrors
Metal
20th Century Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Mirror
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Iron, Metal
Late 20th Century North American American Classical Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Vintage 1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Sunburst Mirrors
Metal
20th Century French Rococo Wall Mirrors
Mirror
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Crystal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Iron, Gold Leaf, Metal
Vintage 1940s Italian Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Early 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Hardwood
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Glass, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Belgian Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Resin, Hardwood
Vintage 1980s Italian Empire Wall Mirrors
Wood, Lacquer, Giltwood, Mirror
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Iron
20th Century Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Early 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Hardwood
Antique Mid-19th Century Rococo Revival Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Metal
Mid-20th Century North American Adirondack Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century Wall Mirrors
Hardwood
Vintage 1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Sunburst Mirrors
Metal
Late 20th Century American Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Mid-20th Century German Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Crystal, Brass
Early 20th Century Italian Regency Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Vintage 1950s Spanish Art Nouveau Sunburst Mirrors
Metal
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Crystal, Brass
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Vintage 1970s German Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Crystal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Irish Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Oak
Vintage 1960s Italian Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Metal
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Mirrors and Full-Lengt...
Marble, Metal, Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Wall Lights and Sconces
Wood, Boxwood
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Barware
Brass, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Unknown Adam Style Wall Lights and Sconces
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Brass, Gold Leaf
Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Wall Mirrors
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Other Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mi...
Wood
Vintage 1960s French Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
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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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