1940s Gilt Mirror
Vintage 1940s American Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Vintage 1940s French Sunburst Mirrors
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Wood
Vintage 1940s Italian Chinoiserie Wall Mirrors
Metal
Vintage 1940s French Baroque Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Paint
20th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Vintage 1940s American Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Wood, Plaster, Mirror
20th Century Spanish Brutalist Sunburst Mirrors
Iron, Wrought Iron
Vintage 1940s French Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
20th Century Spanish Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Spanish Hollywood Regency Sunburst Mirrors
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sunburst Mirrors
Wood
Vintage 1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Vintage 1940s Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Baroque Revival Sunburst Mirrors
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Sunburst Mirrors
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf, Wrought Iron
20th Century French Art Deco Table Mirrors
Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf, Iron
20th Century French Art Deco Wall Mirrors
Iron, Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Wall Mirrors
Bronze
Vintage 1940s Spanish Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Vintage 1940s Spanish Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sunburst Mirrors
Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sunburst Mirrors
Iron, Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century French Wall Mirrors
Paint, Wood
Early 20th Century French Baroque Sunburst Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Spanish Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Iron, Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Sunburst Mirrors
Metal
Vintage 1940s Italian Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Vintage 1940s Spanish Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Vintage 1940s Spanish Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
20th Century Spanish Hollywood Regency Sunburst Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Vintage 1940s Spanish Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
20th Century French Art Deco Convex Mirrors
Gold Leaf, Iron, Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sunburst Mirrors
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Revival Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
20th Century French Baroque Sunburst Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Spanish Baroque Sunburst Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Vintage 1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Wall Mirrors
Fabric, Mirror, Wood
Mid-20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
20th Century Spanish Baroque Sunburst Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Spanish Hollywood Regency Sunburst Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
20th Century Spanish Baroque Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
20th Century Spanish Aesthetic Movement Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Vintage 1940s Mid-Century Modern Table Mirrors
Glass, Wood
Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Iron
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sunburst Mirrors
Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Sunburst Mirrors
Giltwood
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Sunburst Mirrors
Giltwood
Early 20th Century Spanish Hollywood Regency Sunburst Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Spanish Baroque Sunburst Mirrors
Gold Leaf
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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.
- What is a gold gilt mirror?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A gold gilt mirror has gold decorative details along the frame. Gilt mirrors often have a thin layer of gold leaf around the edges to create an attractive gold finish. Shop a collection of gold gilt mirrors on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A number of dresses were popular during the 1940s. Many women wore short-waist dresses with button necks, collars, fitted waists and full skirts. The classic A-lines with knee-length hems in red, white and blue colors were also a trend. Shop a collection of vintage dresses on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021In the 1940s, ladies wore clothes defined by clean and slim silhouettes. The jackets, blouses and sweaters often featured shoulderpads and had somewhat of a military feel. Most dresses were quite casual and pants and playsuits became part of a woman's everyday style.
- What is a 1940s style dress?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 5, 2021The most popular 1940s-style dress was the shirtwaist dress. It had a front opening like a men’s shirt, but with large buttons in the front of the dress, which was practical and easy to wear. The sleeves were short and necklines varied from shirt style to sweetheart and other necklines. Antique and vintage dresses from well-known designers are available on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 23, 2024Claire McCardell was the designer often called the Mother of American Fashion in the 1940s. An American designer, she helped introduce women's sportswear to the United States and was particularly well-known for her bias-cut, loose-fitting Monastic dress. When World War II broke out in the 1940s, she designed pieces out of readily available materials like denim, calico and wool jersey, introducing new fabrics for women's clothing that would remain popular well after the close of the war. Many people point to McCardell as one of the first successful American fashion designers. Shop a collection of Claire McCardell apparel on 1stDibs.
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