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 draped with garlands of bell flowers surmounting the ribbed and lamb tongue carved...
Mercury Glass, 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 oval form is set within hand carved moulded and reeded giltwood frame, surmounted ...
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 tied husks, above foliate scrolls which continue down each side, ending in further ti...
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 surmounted by elaborate scrolling foliate surmount, which looms over the mirror plate....
Giltwood
$30,965 / set
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 plates. The beaded oval frames have tall classical urns capped with ears of wheat, ...
Giltwood
Adam Period Neoclassic Mirror
Located in Garrison, NY
Beautiful antique late 18th century neoclassic oval gilt wall mirror in the manner of Robert Adam.
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 border glasses. An urn and flame finial with foliate carved scrolled crest is flanke...
Giltwood
George III Giltwood Robert Adam Period "Dressed" Oval Mirror
Located in London, GB
The glass is older than the frame - reuse of "old" glass was not uncommon in the 18th century because of the high expense of mirror plate.
Wood
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An English Mirror
By Robert Adam
Located in Dublin, IE
An English Adam Oval Mirror. Circa 1780. Height: 53 1/2" Width: 25"
Glass
Unavailable
H 32.68 in W 25.6 in D 1.58 in
George III Giltwood Robert Adam Period Oval Borderglass Mirror
Located in London, GB
Gilding, centre plate and border ties later.
Wood
Unavailable
H 50.01 in W 27.17 in D 3.55 in
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. Mainly original gilding, glass original, minor replacements.
Giltwood
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 a floral spray above a mirrored plaque.
George III Period Mirror
Located in London, GB
A late George III giltwood mirror with classical urn supported by trailing swags on moulded a classical plinth set on top of a moulded surround containing a later associated plate te...
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 framed with trailing husks and swags and inset with classical oval roundels. The centr...
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H 37.5 in W 16.75 in D 1.5 in
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 panier de fleurs form column with inverted bellflower swags and flanking urn finial...
Mirror, Giltwood
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 cascading grape vines and leaves, swagged chains at top and bottom to foliate decorat...
Metal
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 an acanthus leaf spray. The molded frame is decorated with beads and is flanked by...
Mirror, Wood
18th Century French Gilt Rectangular Wall Mirror
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
18th Century French Gilt Rectangular Wall Mirror The Mirror has a simple moulded 4” wide Gold Frame, slightly worn revealing the red oxide foundation The Glass is the original Mercu...
Mirror
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H 42 in W 23 in D 2 in
Pair 18th Century English Neoclassical Carved Cerused Pine Adam Style Mirrors
By Adams & Sons
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautiful examples of the late 18th century Neoclassical style expressed so masterfully by William Adam and his sons.
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 glass mirrors with ornate leaf and flower carved swags, having urn pediments surmount...
Mirror, Giltwood
Adams Giltwood Girandole Mirrors
By Robert Adam
Located in New Orleans, LA
The mirror's design is characterized by light foliate swags, ears of wheat and winged griffins inspired by the 18th century excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum Robert and James Ad...
Giltwood
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H 50.01 in W 24.02 in D 3.15 in
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, featuring a vase and birds motif cresting A pair of beautifully proportioned late 18...
Metal
Unusual Adam Oval Giltwood Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Unusual Adam Oval Giltwood Mirror English, circa 1775
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 edge.
Antique English Giltwood Pier Mirror
Located in Essex, MA
Antique English giltwood pier mirror with tole top in the manner of Robert Adam.
Giltwood
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H 35 in W 14 in D 6 in
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.
Wood
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H 48 in W 18.5 in D 10 in
Pair of George III Giltwood Mirrored Urn Wall Sconces, Manner of Robert Adam
By Robert Adam
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This rare and superior pair of George III carved giltwood two arm wall sconces in the manner of Robert Adam and dating to the late 18th century feature mirrored half urns applied wit...
Bronze
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 floral arabesque frieze, flanked by two pilasters carved with reeded urns with scrollin...
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. Literature: The size and style of the mirror is wonderful and although the mirror plate has...
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 showing strong influence of Robert Adam.
Giltwood
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 by carved floral details, a Classical urn, stylised acanthus and foliate carving and...
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 tinted glass around the center mirror plates that is set on the original green cloth....
Wood, Glass
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 carved with bead, leaf, and paterae
ornamentation. Circa 1765-1775
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 carved liner and fan shaped apron. English, circa 1780.
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 scrolls of flower heads and acanthus leaf-work that falls to the side of the frame ...
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 gadrooned frame, surmounted with a classical urn and wheat sheafs, the sides and ba...
Adam Oval Gilt Mirror
Located in Norwalk, CT
Adam oval gilt looking glass with a classical urn surmount on top, descending bellflowers along the sides and two carved opposing eagles on the base. This mirror illustrates the be...
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 columns, acanthus leaves, a tureen planter, beads arches and sunflowers, circa 1770. Meas...
Giltwood, Mirror
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.
Mirror, Giltwood
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
Giltwood
Period Adam Style Mirror
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A very elegant Adam style rectangular giltwood mirror with molded inner border and divided glass. An urn and cherub inset oval finial is flanked by draped bellflowers continuing down...
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 above a classical urn with flowers. The oval mirror surround with beaded border, the b...
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 from Willowbrook (built 1799) in the Baltimore Museum of Art. One of them is pictur...
Italian 18th Century Baroque Period Giltwood Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking Italian 18th century Baroque period giltwood mirror. The mirror plate at the center is framed within a most elegant mottled border with beautiful richly chased foliate des...
Mirror, Giltwood
Large and Unusual 19th Century Craquelure Wall Mirror
Located in London, GB
A grand giltwood wall mirror in the manner of Thomas Johnson with a Rococo frame comprising c scrolls and foliate flourishes and surmounted by a ho-ho bird. A detail typical of Thoma...
Giltwood
Fine Italian Piedmontese 18th century Giltwood Pier Mirror
Located in London, GB
A very fine Piedmontese giltwood pier mirror. This beautiful mirror has a wonderfully patinated arched mercury plate, which is enclosed by a slender marginal plate of the same glass....
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
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.
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.
A new generation of creative minds is reinventing the use of clay through sculptural forms and bold ideas.
Leading talents tell us what goes into their mirrored creations and where to put them on a wall.
These are the fairest of them all.