Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Birch, Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Mirror, Plastic
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Mirror, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Aluminum
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Mirror, Plastic
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Mirror, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Brass
2010s American Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Gold Leaf
1970s American Vintage Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Boxwood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Lacquer, Natural Fiber, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Ceramic, Glass, Stained Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Ceramic, Glass, Stained Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Ceramic, Glass, Stained Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Ceramic, Glass, Stained Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Ceramic, Glass, Stained Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Natural Fiber, Lacquer, Mirror
2010s Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Mirror, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Natural Fiber, Lacquer, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Brass
1990s American Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Natural Fiber, Mirror, Wood
1930s American Vintage Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Birch
2010s Egyptian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Birch, Art Glass
2010s American Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Brass
2010s Philippine Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Marble, Travertine, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Glass
2010s Egyptian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Mirror, Mother-of-Pearl, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Mirror, Birch, Art Glass
2010s Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Aluminum
2010s Egyptian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Mother-of-Pearl, Oak, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Brass
2010s Egyptian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Mother-of-Pearl, Oak, Mirror
2010s Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Art Glass, Wood, Mirror
Mid-20th Century French Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Bronze, Steel
2010s American Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Mirror, Birch, Art Glass
2010s Egyptian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Brass, Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s Italian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Brass