18th Century Adam Mirror
Adam Period Giltwood Mirror
By Robert Adam
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine George III period giltwood mirror, the classical urn finial with sprouting wheat ears, the urn
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
18th Century Adam Oval Patera Gilt Mirror
Located in Charleston, SC
This elegant Adam mirror has a classical oval patera mirror border encompassing the looking glass
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Late 18th Century English Oval Wall / Pier Mirror In The Robert Adam Style
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine 18th century oval gilt wall / pier mirror in the Adam style, the mirror glass plate of
Category
Antique 18th Century English Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
H 60.04 in W 24.81 in D 1.58 in
Late 18th Century Oval Gilt Mirror
Located in Miami, FL
A superb 18th century oval gilt mirror with raised superstructure of a classical urn draped with
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Late 18th century oval gilt mirror
Located in Folkestone, GB
A superb 18th century oval gilt mirror with raised superstructure of a classical urn draped with
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Large Italian 18th Century Giltwood Mirror from Piedmont
Located in London, GB
An exceptionally fine eighteenth-century Piedmontese pier mirror. The ornately moulded frame is
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Adam Style Pier Mirrors and Console Mir...
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Carved Giltwood Neoclassical Oval Mirrors
By Robert Adam
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
A very fine pair of late 18th century neoclassical, carved and giltwood oval mirrors with original
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Antique Late 18th Century Irish Neoclassical Mantel Mirrors and Fireplac...
Materials
Giltwood
George III Adam Oval Border Glass
By Jonathan Sainsbury
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A carved oval mirror of Adam design with leaf carved outer frame and bead carved inner frame, the
Category
Antique 18th Century British Adam Style Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
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Adam Period Neoclassic Mirror
Located in Garrison, NY
Beautiful antique late 18th century neoclassic oval gilt wall mirror in the manner of Robert Adam
Category
Antique Late 18th Century European Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
A Documented Adam Period Oval Mirror
Located in Woodbury, CT
A rare Adam period giltwood oval mirror with gadrooned border and molded inner liner with divided
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
George III Giltwood Robert Adam Period "Dressed" Oval Mirror
Located in London, GB
Huntress.
The glass is older than the frame - reuse of "old" glass was not uncommon in the 18th century
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood
An English Mirror
By Robert Adam
Located in Dublin, IE
An English Adam Oval Mirror. Circa 1780.
Height: 53 1/2"
Width: 25"
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass
George III Giltwood Robert Adam Period Oval Borderglass Mirror
Located in London, GB
Gilding, centre plate and border ties later.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Giltwood and Carton-Pierre Robert Adam Period 'Dressed' Oval Looking-Glass
Located in London, GB
A giltwood and carton-pierre Robert Adam period 'dressed' oval looking-glass, British, circa 1790
Category
Antique Late 18th Century British Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
H 50.01 in W 27.17 in D 3.55 in
A George III Giltwood Overmantle Mirror in the Adam Taste
Located in New York, NY
A George III giltwood overmantle mirror in the Adam taste; the scrolling foliate surmount centering
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English George III Mantel Mirrors and F...
George III Period Mirror
Located in London, GB
A late George III giltwood mirror with classical urn supported by trailing swags on moulded a
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century European Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
George III Oval Painted Mirror
Located in London, GB
A George III carton pierre border glass mirror of elliptical form surmounted by a classical urn
Category
Antique Late 18th Century British Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Antique English Adam Neoclassical Style Period Giltwood Wall Mirror 18th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique English Adam neoclassical style period wall mirror offers shield form surmounted by urn
Category
Antique 18th Century English Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
H 37.5 in W 16.75 in D 1.5 in
18th Century George III Adam Style Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
A George III oval giltwood Adam mirror with beaded trim topped by an urn with wheat and delicate
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Adam Style Pier Mirrors and Console Mi...
Materials
Metal
An 18th Century Adam Giltwood Oval Mirror
Located in London, GB
A late 18th Century carved giltwood mirror in the Adam taste, the gadrooned oval frame surrounded
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Wall Mirrors
Pair of 18th Century Adam Period Mirrors
Located in Charleston, SC
This gorgeous pair of mirrors were created in the 1780's in England. They feature original green
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Glass
Antique Adam Style Giltwood Wall Mirror
Located in Bridgeport, CT
This antique Adam style rectangle carved giltwood frame mirror is headed by an anthemion spray atop
Category
Antique 18th Century English Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
18th Century French Gilt Rectangular Wall Mirror
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
18th Century French Gilt Rectangular Wall Mirror
The Mirror has a simple moulded 4” wide Gold
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror
Late 18th Century George III Adam Period Oval Giltwood Mirror
Located in London, GB
A fine late 18th century George III period carved oval giltwood mirror in the Adam taste, having a
Category
Antique 1780s English Wall Mirrors
Pair 18th Century English Neoclassical Carved Cerused Pine Adam Style Mirrors
By Adams & Sons
Located in Stamford, CT
examples of the late 18th century Neoclassical style expressed so masterfully by William Adam and his sons
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Adam Style Pier Mirrors and Console Mi...
Materials
Pine
Antique Pair of Late 18th Century Giltwood Girandole Mirrors
Located in London, GB
A pair of late 18th century Adam period giltwood two-light girandoles in the form of oval border
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Adam Style Girandoles
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
18th Century English Gilt Oval Mirror with Floral Motif
Located in Charleston, SC
Late 18th century English Adams style gilt oval mirror with floral motif.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Adams Giltwood Girandole Mirrors
By Robert Adam
Located in New Orleans, LA
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Considered the heralds of the 18th-century Neoclassical Movement, Scottish brothers Robert and James Adam
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Georgian Girandoles
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Late 18th Century Neoclassical Figural Walnut and Giltwood Wall Mirrors
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of Late 18th Century Neoclassical Figural Walnut and Giltwood Wall Mirrors, probably Italy
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Materials
Metal
H 50.01 in W 24.02 in D 3.15 in
Unusual Adam Oval Giltwood Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Unusual Adam Oval Giltwood Mirror
English, circa 1775
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Glass
George III Giltwood Oval Mirror
Located in Essex, MA
Oval inner mirror within a beaded band within a mirrored outer band with oval paterae and beaded
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Adam Style Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Antique English Giltwood Pier Mirror
Located in Essex, MA
Antique English giltwood pier mirror with tole top in the manner of Robert Adam.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Adam Style Pier Mirrors and Console Mi...
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Period Gilt Adam Mirrored Sconces with Ram's Head Motif and Candle Arm
By Robert Adam
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of gilt Adam sconces 18th century.
Original gilding
Original mirror.
Category
Antique 18th Century English Adam Style Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Wood
H 35 in W 14 in D 6 in
Pair of George III Giltwood Mirrored Urn Wall Sconces, Manner of Robert Adam
By Robert Adam
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Robert Adam and dating to the late 18th century feature mirrored half urns applied with laurel leaves
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Bronze
H 48 in W 18.5 in D 10 in
George III Giltwood Mirror in the Style of Robert Adam
By Robert Adam
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The rectangular modern mirror plate surmounted by an egg-and-dart pediment above a foliate and
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Great Britain (UK) Neoclassical Mantel Mirrors...
Adam Period Looking Glass Mirror
By Robert Adam
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
An elegant 18th century carved giltwood looking glass with the original mercury plate
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Wall Mirrors
Late 18th Century Giltwood Mirror
By Robert Adam
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A good late 18th century giltwood mirror of neoclassic form, the finely carved foliage and swags
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
18th Century Oval Mirror in the Manner of Robert Adam
Located in Long Island City, NY
English carved giltwood mirror dry stripped to its original gilt and gesso surface. The frame
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British More Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Gesso
An Oval Adam Period Giltwood Mirror, English, 18th Century
Located in Woodbury, CT
An oval Adam period giltwood mirror having a giltwood carved anthemion crest, beaded and acanthus
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
George III 18th Century Adam Period Pier Mirror
Located in Bradford on Avon, GB
The rectangular upright pier mirror has a centre urn and protruding wheat sheafs and ribbons above
Category
Antique 1780s English Wall Mirrors
Adam Oval Gilt Mirror
Located in Norwalk, CT
Adam oval gilt looking glass with a classical urn surmount on top, descending bellflowers along the
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
George III Adam Period Gilt Pier Mirror
Located in Altrincham, Cheshire
George III Adam period gilt pier mirror with original mercury plate decorate with Corinthian
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Adam Style Pier Mirrors and Console Mi...
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
Adam period giltwood border glass mirror
Located in New York, NY
9526-Very fine carved giltwood Adam period border glass rectangular mirror. English, c. 1780
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English More Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Period Adam Style Mirror
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A very elegant Adam style rectangular giltwood mirror with molded inner border and divided glass
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Very fine carved giltwood Adam mirror, Englsih c.1785
Located in New York, NY
Very fine carved giltwood Adam mirror with carved rope and ribbon ornament centered by a patera
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Glass
Pair of Adam Neo Classical Oval Looking Glasses
Located in Alexandria, VA
These large and stunning Adam or Hepplewhite looking glasses hung for many years in the oval room
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Wall Mirrors
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Antique Adam Style Gilt Wood Mirror
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and very high quality original antique Adam Style mirror in gilt wood and gesso. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1890-1910 period.
This is very well m...
Category
Antique 1890s English Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
18th Century Italian Rococo Silver Gilt Mirror
Located in Essex, MA
Italian silver gilt mirror retaining its original Mecca silver gilding and original mirror plate which is remarkably aged over time. Please see photo of interior showing the drama of...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
English Adam Style Urn Gilt Wood & Gesso Oval Bell Flower Wall Mirror. C. 1870
Located in Charleston, SC
English Adam style gilt carved wood and gesso oval wall mirror with centered decorative urn, scrolled acanthus foliage medallions, flanking corner ribbons accompanied by graduated fo...
Category
Antique 1870s English Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Glass, Giltwood
H 52 in W 50 in D 3 in
19th Century, English Giltwood Oval Mirror in the Neoclassical Style
Located in London, GB
A fine and substantial mirror in the Robert Adam manner.
Primarily giltwood, and having an the elliptical mirror plate housed within a continuous band of stiff leaf moulding, encl...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
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18th Century Adam Mirror For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic 18th century adam mirror available at 1stDibs. Each 18th century adam mirror for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, giltwood and glass. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect 18th century adam mirror — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 19th Century are available. Each 18th century adam mirror bearing Neoclassical or Georgian hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one 18th century adam mirror that is appealing in its simplicity, but Robert Adam produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a 18th Century Adam Mirror?
Prices for a 18th century adam mirror start at $1,000 and top out at $78,000 with the average selling for $9,475.
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.
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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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